magna carta

will we sell, to none deny or delay, right or

justice. It granted

people to live peacefully, and not be bullied

around by their king.

The Magna Carta became known as one of

the first documents to ever reduce the power

of a king. Without boundaries, a ruler will

abuse his power over the people. The

Magna Carta stated “We have also granted

to all free men of our realm, on the part of

ourselves and our heirs forever; all the

subjoined liberties, to have and to hold, to

them and to the heirs, from us and from our

heirs. ” This article says that every man will

be granted their trial, and no one could say

otherwise. The magna Carta was certainly

the “genuine article” and gave England’s

people more freedom and liberty. ” This article said that people have the

right to liberty at all times and the king nor

any other person could take that right away.

The Magna Carta also handled with the court

and justice system. So in

order for a ruler to govern a nation correctly

he must have laws and boundaries to follow.

The Magna Carta was the first document to

start a lawful monarchy in England. The

need for this document was because King

John had taxed, mis-governed and neglected

the peoples rights until the barons,

particularly Stephan hangton, forced him to

sign the Magna Carta on June 15,1215. The

Magna Carta contained sixty-three articles

covering many topics such as the rights and

liberties of the church, financial concerns,

royal courts and the treasury, the sharing of

power between the king and barons, and the

kings relationship with his subjects.