2006-11-02 12:57:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It was issued by the nobles to the King John in the 1600's. It basically forced the king to agree that he did not have complete authority and had to obey all laws enforced by the government.
2006-11-02 12:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by Cameron 1 · 6⤊ 6⤋
The Magna Carta was the first limitation of the Divine Right of Kings over the English-speaking peoples. It helped lead to the eventual overthrow of most kingdoms in Europe over the next five hundred years..
2006-11-02 13:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jim P 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Magna Carta is thought of as the corner-stone of liberty and the chief defence against arbitrary and unjust rule in England. It contains sweeping statements of principle, and is a series of concessions wrung from the unwilling King John by his rebellious barons in 1215.
Magna Carta established for the first time a very significant constitutional principle: that the power of the king could be limited by a written grant.
2006-11-02 13:51:06 · answer #3 · answered by Endie vB 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The portion of the Magna Charta most relevant to our day and age is worded "...no free man shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised [dispossess unlawfully of real property] or exiled or in any way destroyed except by the lawful judgment of their peers or by the law of the land.” The Law of the Land was also known as Habeas Corpus. The Magna Charta led to further strengthening of Habeas Corpus; in 1679, the English Parliament enacted the Habeas Corpus Act. This was the primary means by which individual liberty was empowered at the expense of the arbitrary exercise of power by the state
In 2006, the American Congress and President George Bush struck down Habeas Corpus in the American judicial system and stepped backward 300 years in the world's search for freedom and liberty. Now any American can be legally "disappeared" by the government - the Founding Father's are sobbing in their graves.
2006-11-02 15:01:00 · answer #4 · answered by Cowboy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Magna Carta broke the divine right of kings to rule.
2006-11-02 13:01:04 · answer #5 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
i actually saw the actual magna carta in england. too bad i have no appreciation for history... i believe a group of people forced a king to sign it so that they could have more rights.
2006-11-02 13:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by ajflkajfsalkfsalkfna 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2016-03-19 02:57:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It forced the king to pay more attention to the peasants and also more rights for the peasants
2016-01-13 11:35:55 · answer #8 · answered by Alicia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King has to obey the laws...
2013-09-23 10:03:39 · answer #9 · answered by D Nguyen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
smd boi
2014-12-16 17:04:08 · answer #10 · answered by Steven 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋