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The Story Of King John I And The Magna Carta

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The Story of King John I and The Magna Carta. THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS. The Magna Carta or the Great Charter was a grant of provisions to the barons and limit the powers of the kings so they couldn’t abuse their powers. This charter was the first attempt made to limit power of the kings and was in 1215 signed by King John I at Runnymede a meadow near London after being forced by the barons. However, John in a way and was just the wrong person to lead the kingdom at the wrong time and most of John’s actions were reasonable.

John had many enemies in the barons. Before John was granted the kingdom it was run by Richard the Lionheart and John was known to be a womaniser and had loved many women that were daughters to barons. When he did get his power, the result of his behaviour caused him many enemies in the barons and wasn’t a good way to start of leading a kingdom. …show more content…

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