King John faced rebellion from barons in 1215 due to his strained relationship with the Church and refusal to meet the barons' demands. The barons seized London, forcing King John to negotiate. On June 15, 1215, King John agreed to the Charter of Liberties, later known as the Magna Carta, at Runnymede. The Magna Carta established principles of due legal process and remains influential in common law around the world as a symbol of liberty and democracy.

1. Magna carta
Realized by Samuele Bozzelli

2. Table of Contents
Origins
01
Why was Magna Carta
agreed at Runnymede in
1215?
Clauses and content
02
What does the document
actually say? Why are some
clauses still part of English law
800 years later?
Legacy
03
Here you could describe
the topic of the section
Place in the modern word
04
Why does Magna Carta
still matter today?

3. King John’s realm was marked by his
tensed relationship with the Church. John
had rejected the election of Stephen
Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury,
and in 1208 the Pope release a decree
(known as an ‘Interdict’). King John was
excommunicated by Pope Innocent III in
1209, and the 'Interdict' remained in
place until John left his kingdom to the
overlordship of the Pope in 1213. In 1213,
a party of rebel barons met with
Archbishop Stephen Langton and the
Papal Legate to express their complaints
against the King. In early 1215, the
dispute increase when King John refused
to meet the barons’ demands.
01 Origins

4. 01 Origins
Their capture of the city of London that same month
was a turning point in their campaign.
Once London was in the barons’ hands, John must
had to negotiate with them. Following further
discussions with the barons and clerics led by
Archbishop Langton, King John allowed the Charter
of Liberties, after known as Magna Carta, at
Runnymede on 15 June 1215.

5. 02 Clauses and content
Magna Carta includes provisions that are still fundamental to
English law. Clauses 39 and 40, for example, forbid the sale of
justice and insist upon due legal process.
Clause 33 of Magna Carta, still law in England until as recently
as the 1960s, requested the removal of all fish-weirs from the
Thames, the Medway and all other rivers of England. Since
weirs slowed the flow of water, they led to silting and the
closure of waterways vital to London’s trade. In this way the
extensive use of fish-weirs represented the denial of more
general principle: that of free navigation.

6. 03 Legacy
Magna Carta is widely recognized as a key historical
document across the globe, and it continues to be seen as
an enduring symbol of freedom.
In the cause for women’s rights worldwide, Magna Carta
has represented an important symbol of justice. In 1911, a
feature article on the Great Charter in the suffragette
newspaper Votes for Women used it to justify direct action
against the authorities.
Nelson Mandela, too, declared his admiration for Western
democracy, saying that the Magna Carta was regarded by
democrats around the world.

7. Magna Carta continues to be of great relevance to us
all. It is the foundation of liberty and of democracy. So
let’s not think about Magna Carta only in terms of
medieval and legal history; those aspects are
obviously important, But perhaps most important is
what Magna Carta has come to symbolise.
04 Place in the modern word

8. Information was taken from
www.bl.uk/magna-carta
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