THE MAGNA CARTA

FACTS ON THE MAGNA CARTA

• The Magna Carta is Latin for the Great Charter
• It is also called the Magna Carta Libertatum which is Latin for the Great Character of the Liberties
• The Magna Carta was sealed by King John on June 15, 1215
• King John was confronted by 40 barons that forced him to seal the Magna Carta while his army was away
• The Magna Carta was reissued several times after King John's death

The Magna Carta was old but some of its principles still live today, such as " No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned, dissseied, outlawed, banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land."

INTERESTING FACTS ON THE MAGNA CARTA

• No one knows who wrote it
• It was considered a failure because it didn't stop the fighting
• Before the Magna Carta widows and daughters of barons could be sold by the king in order to make money
• King John never signed the Magna Carta, he sealed it with his royal seal even though paintings show him signing it
• There are only four surviving copies of the Magna Carta, they are in the British Library

INTERESTING FACTS ON THE MAGNA CARTA CON.

• The Magna Carta inspired the US Declaration of Independence and the UN Charter of Human Rights
• In modern English translation the Magna Carta has 4922 words
• The original copy only lasted 3 months before King John violated its terms
• Shakespeare didn't mention the Magna Carta in his Life and Death of King John

FACTS

• The Magna Carta was valid for only ten weeks
• In 1965 Lord Denning described the Magna Carta as the greatest document ever
• Archbishop Stephen Langton helped negotiate an agreement between the two sides

FACTS

• Before the document,the king was allowed to sell the widows and daughters of barons
• Before the Magna Carta,the king got away with the murder of his son
• King John also put skeletons in closets (he was very creepy)
• King John wS portrayed as the villain in Robin Hood

AFTER THE MAGNA CARTA

• After the document,King John tried to back out of the agreement
• The Magna Carta was considered a failure because it didn't stop fighting between the barons and King

WHAT THE MAGNA CARTA DECREES

• Protection of Church rights
• Access to better justice
• No new taxes without agreement with barons
• Limitations on feudal payments

FACTS

• More protection from illegal imprisonment
• A council of 25 barons would make sure that King John followed the laws

CREDITS

• www.faversham.org/blog/imteresting-facts-about-magma-carta.aspx
• www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-things-you,aynotknowaboutthemagnacarta

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