2006-09-07 04:04:36 · 8 answers · asked by pratyush v 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I didn't really contribute to democracy per se, but to British Democracy, which is a little different in how it came to be.
With the Carta King John codified rights. These rights were always held to have existed but previously had been much ignored. That set English (KIng John was just King of England) arguements about power to arguments about "rights". The history of British democracy is really the gradual acquisition of rights by the populous.
This is quite different from most other democratic countries which have gained democracy either from a revolution (America, France etc) or have had democracy "given" to them on post-colonial independance.
2006-09-07 09:57:30 · answer #1 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Magna Carta wasn't democratic at all, but it did temper the rule of the King of England, transferring some measure of power to local nobles, which began the long, long process toward representative government in Britain.
2006-09-07 04:07:07 · answer #2 · answered by rorgg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the first time a king ceded some of his power to other citizens, even if they were lords, not your average Joe. This created the first modern governing body which didn't rely solely on a monarchy. The Greeks had a democracy, and the Romans had a republic for a while, but after their fall, monarchies were the rule of the day (pardon the pun).
2006-09-07 04:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It balanced the power of the ruling monarchs of England with the power of the ruling barons of England. This opened up the way eventually for the power of the ordinary people of the land to have some say in their own government.
2006-09-07 10:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The king (dynastic monarch) signed over a lot of his authority to the parliament (elected body).
2006-09-07 04:07:03 · answer #5 · answered by Just David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it established a body of govenment that was elected by the people
2006-09-10 02:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by jaspers mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gave more human rights to the humans.... simple.
it can be considered the first "human rights" declaration.
2006-09-07 04:34:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it took kings power... added more leaders/helpers or something... so it wasn't like a dictatorship.
i think.... i may be wrong..
2006-09-07 04:09:11 · answer #8 · answered by Mariaish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋