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Carta MagnaMagna Carta Magna Carta English charter of freedoms made in 1215 This article is about the English charter of 1215. For other uses, see Magna Carta (disambiguation). Magna Carta (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter"), sometimes spelled Magna Charta,[a] is a royal charter[4][5] of rights sealed 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 make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons who demanded that the King confirm the Charter of Liberties, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift and impartial justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to… (Source: Wikipedia)
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