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Posts in Clay Lane for ‘The Signing of Magna Carta’

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Selections from the Great Charter from The Great Charter

By the Great Charter of 1215, King John promised that his ministers would not meddle in the Church or stuff his Treasury with taxes on trade.

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The Good Reign of Bad King John by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Lord Macaulay believed that the disastrous reign of King John brought the country together.

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The Signing of the Great Charter by Clay Lane

King John promised his nobles respect, but he was not a man to regard his word as his bond.

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