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Magna Carta Libertatum ( Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta or sometimes Magna Charta ("Great Charter"), [a] is a royal charter [4] [5] of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. [b] First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Stephen Langton, to ...
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The Magna Carta is a document with which King John of England granted certain privileges and right to his subjects. It was sealed in June 1215. In later ages, it came to be regarded as the cornerstone of English liberty. It consists of a preamble and 63 clauses, written in Latin, presented by the king to a group of rebellious barons, his royal ...
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