The Magna Carta
- Created by: UrsyB
- Created on: 12-11-18 22:46
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- The Magna Carta 1215
- Causes
- Tax
- Scutage demanded 11 times since 1199
- Religion
- King John excommunicated by Pope as he wanted control of religion
- King John disliked the appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton
- War
- Constant defeats in France over Normandy
- King John nicknamed Softsword
- Tax
- Key events
- 1212 - Pope Innocent III said it wasn't a sin to kill a king
- 1204 - King John lost his land in Normandy
- 1214 - Battle of Bouvines
- 1199 - Scutage first put to barons
- 1215 - another demand for Scutage met with real resistence
- Aims
- Stronger King able to retake Normandy
- No more scutage
- To bring the king under the law
- Outcomes
- Barons forced the Magna Carta on King John at Runnymeade
- Basis of the American Constitution
- In practice, it didn't limit the power of medieval kings much
- It was thought of originally as a failure
- Some clauses seen in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
- Key people
- The Barons
- King John
- Causes
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