End of Feudalism

Magna Carta

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           The document listing rights that the king could not ignore was called Magna Carta. In 1215 a group of nobles had decided to make the king to obey the rules.they made king John approve the Magna Carta. In latin the Magna Carta means "Great Charter". The effects of the Magna Carta required the king to  honer certain rights. The right of habeas ment that the people could not be keept in jail with out a reason.They had to be charged with crime or convicted at a jury trial befor sent to jail. Most impotant the Magna Carta ment that everyone even the knig had to obey the laws. The Magna Carta inspired the English to find ways to limit the kings power. In time the council developed into Parliament the lawmaking body that governs England today.