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The Magna Carta
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=1517519Year Published: 1215 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX7228 The Magna Carta consists of concessions wrung from the unwilling King John by his rebellious barons in 1215. It established for the first time a very significant constitutional principle: that the power of the king could be limited by a written grant. Subject Headings |