Magna carta

1. Made by Irina Svinina

2.  - an attempt to
prevent a civil
war between the
king and his
powerful barons
 - a symbol of
justice, fairness,
and human
rights

3. King John
(6 April 1199 –
19 October 1216)
King Richard I
(6 July 1189
– 6 April 1199)

4.  was written to prevent an immediate civil war;
 has four copies;
 is closely written in a beautiful scribal hand;
 the text in Latin, with its 63 clauses, occupies the
whole sheet;
 one of the copies is available for looking in the Chapter
House.

6.  The official site of Salisbury Cathedral, England
http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/magna-carta