THE MAGNA CARTA

DE SANCTIS, BRAVETTI, ROSSI

 JUNE 15, 1215
THE MAGNA CARTA IS A DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN LATIN
IN WHICH A SERIES OF LIMITS TO THE POWER OF THE
ENGLISH SOVEREIGN WERE SANCTIONED EIGHT
CENTURIES AGO
ON 15 JUNE 1215 A GROUP OF POWERFUL BARONS
OF THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND FORCED KING JOHN
TO GRANT IT.
THE MAGNA CARTA (MAGNA CARTA LIBERTATUM) WAS
GRANTED BY THE KING OF ENGLAND JOHN WITHOUT
LAND (1166-1216) TO THE BARONS OF THE KINGDOM.
WHAT DOES THE MAGNA CARTA
CONSIST OF?

THE MAGNA CARTA IS GRANTED TO ENGLISH

BARONS BY KING JOHN OF ENGLAND WHICH
LIMITS THE ABSOLUTE POWER OF THE SOVEREIGN
BY GRANTING RIGHTS TO NOBLES, CLERGY AND
CITIZENS. HE WENT TO REGULATE THE RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE KING AND THE VASSALS
 IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS THE MAGNA
CARTA UNDERWENT NUMEROUS CHANGES
AND WAS WITHDRAWN AND ISSUED SEVERAL
TIMES, AS IN 1216.
IN 1225 (UNDER THE REIGN OF THE VERY
YOUNG HENRY III) AND IN 1297, WHEN
DURING THE REIGN OF EDUARDO I THE
MAGNA CARTA BECAME PART OF OF THE
OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE KINGDOM.

Enrico III