Europe and the Mediterranean in the 13th centuryPolitics and state
Magna Carta
In the meadow of Runnymede by the Thames, King John set his seal to the demands of the rebel barons — a charter that curbed the arbitrary exercise of royal power.
- Date
- 15 June 1215exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Runnymedetoday: Runnymede, Surrey, United Kingdom · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- John, King of England, Kingdom of England
- Threads
- Europe and the Mediterranean in the 13th century
- Also known as
- Магна Карта
On 15 June 1215 the king accepted the Articles of the Barons, and by 19 June the final text of the charter had been drawn up on their basis. It forbade the levying of extraordinary taxes without the “common counsel of the kingdom” and protected free men from arrest and punishment without lawful judgment.
As early as August Pope Innocent III declared the charter null and void, and war with the barons broke out in England; but in its reissues under later kings the charter became one of the founding documents of English law.
Connections
Causes and preconditions
- Battle of Bouvines27 July 1214 · Western and Central EuropeThe allies’ defeat weakened John in the face of his barons
Same participants
- Battle of Aljubarrota14 August 1385 · Western and Central Europevia Kingdom of England
Same place
- End of Roman rule in Britain383–410 · Western and Central Europe
- Treaty of Windsor9 May 1386 · Western and Central Europe
- Slave Trade Act 180725 March 1807 · Western and Central Europe
Adjacent events in the thread
- Fourth Council of the Lateran11–30 November 1215 · Western and Central Europe
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within 5 years of this event
Eastern Europe
- Battle of Lipitsabetween 21 April and 22 April 1216
Africa
- Rock-hewn churches of Lalibelac. 1181 – c. 1221
Central and Northern Asia
- Siege of BukharaFebruary 1220
- Siege of SamarkandMarch 1220
- Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire1219–1221
East Asia
- Fall of Zhongdubetween April and June 1215
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Construction of Angkor Thom and the Bayon1181 – c. 1218
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Magna Carta
- Wikipedia (Russian): Великая хартия вольностей
- Holt J. C. Magna Carta. — Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965.
- Wikidata: Q12519