Sunday, April 3, 2016

Magna Carta

         The events that led up the                Magma Carta:

  • In 1205:
    King John had a fight with Pope Innocent III about who should be the archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Innocent III wanted a man named Stephen Langton to be the archbishop. But King John was disagree Stephen Langton entering his country and become the archbishop of Canterbury.

  • In 1209:
    Pope Innocent III excommunicated King John and his citizens from the church and from receiving the sacraments. King John finally accepted Stephen Langton to be the archbishop and Pope Innocent III made the king and people pay him money whenever he need it. King John raised the taxes on his people to pay the Pope. His punishments here the defaulters were indifference and ruthless. 
  • In 1212:
    King John imposed a new taxes on the Barons to regain the land he had lost which are: Aquitaine, Anjou, and Poitou. King John had a fight with the Barons over his method of ruling England.
  • In 1215:
    Stephen Langton and the Barons joined together to make King John govern by the old English laws that had prevailed before the Normans came. In January, the demands of the Barons were formed in the "Articles of the Barons." The Barons was took over the London on June 1215. In June, the Barons came to Winsor to tell King John meet them at Runnymede. 
  • In June 10 & 15, 1215 
    At the meeting in Runnymede, King John presented a copy of the "Articles of the Barons" and sign the document on June 10, 1215. 

    The Barons returned the Oath of Fealty to King John on June 15, 1215. The royal chancery made a formal royal grant based on the agreement that had sign at Runnymede, which become as Magna Carta. The copies of Magna Carta were given to important people throughout England.

                  This is the picture of the Magna Carta 

Here is some websites I used for information and picture:
  • http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-history/magna-carta.htm
  • http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/magna-carta.html
  • https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Magna_Carta_%28British_Library_Cotton_MS_Augustus_II.106%29.jpg

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