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Misc (Magna Carta)

About the Author

A group of disgruntled English barons forced King John in 1215 to sign a Great Charter of Liberties by which some of his powers would be limited and that certain liberties would be enshrined in English law.

In The Library:

• author: Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John, with an Historical Introduction (1215)