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  2. Magna Carta - Wikipedia

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    Magna Carta Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text Created 1215 ; 810 years ago (1215) Location Two at the British Library ; one each in Lincoln Castle and in Salisbury Cathedral Author(s) John, King of England His barons Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury Purpose Peace treaty Full text Magna Carta at Wikisource Part of the Politics series ...

  3. Charter of Liberties - Wikipedia

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    The nineteenth-century historians Frederick Maitland and Frederick Pollock considered it a landmark document [1] in English legal history and a forerunner of Magna Carta. The document addressed abuses of royal power by his predecessor William II (his brother William Rufus), as perceived by the nobility, specifically the over-taxation of the ...

  4. Magna Carta: The True Story Behind the Charter - Wikipedia

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    2015 was the 800th anniversary of the first issuing of Magna Carta. To coincide with this, new academic works on the subject were published and events held to mark the anniversary. [2] Starkey presented a one-hour BBC documentary on Magna Carta, [1] and it was accompanied by a book published by Hodder and Stoughton. [2]

  5. Charter of the Forest - Wikipedia

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    "The Magna Carta Manifesto (Review)". Insight Turkey. 12 (2). "The Charter of the Forest of King Henry III". St John's College, Oxford; Harris, Carolyn (17 December 2013). "Charter of the Forest". Magna Carta Canada. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. The Woodland Trust (2017). "Charter for Trees, Woods and People".

  6. Stephen Langton - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 until his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over his election was a major factor in the crisis which produced the Magna Carta in 1215.

  7. Royal charter - Wikipedia

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    A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but since the 14th century have only been used in place of private acts to grant a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.

  8. John, King of England - Wikipedia

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    The failed Magna Carta agreement was resuscitated by Marshal's administration and reissued in an edited form in 1217 as a basis for future government. [230] Henry III continued his attempts to reclaim Normandy and Anjou until 1259, but John's continental losses and the consequent growth of Capetian power in the 13th century proved to mark a ...

  9. Eustace de Vesci - Wikipedia

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    Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216) was an English lord of Alnwick Castle, and a Magna Carta surety. [1] He also held lands in Sprouston, Roxburghshire, Scotland as brother in-law to King Alexander II of Scotland. Eustace was a leader during the Barons' War in 1215 and was killed while undertaking a siege of Barnard Castle in 1216.