The Magna Carta og 1215


	The Magna Carta og 1215

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12-19-2007 5:06 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d5ed511f-b503-40c4-b465-fddbeeae2488/3034E8F4-DF0B-4280-A870-FAA44E6EBBAD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm" href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.historylearningsite.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.historylearningsite.co.uk/img/C350D1FF-22A8-46AD-BC47-3B65354D63F1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Arial">The Magna Carta of 1215</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm"><FONT face="Arial">Why would a king - who was meant to be all
powerful in his own country - agree to the demands of the barons who were meant
to be below him in authority ?</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm"><FONT size="3" face="Arial">The Magna Carta was signed in
June 1215 between the barons of <A href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Year%207.htm">Medieval England</A> and <A href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/king_john.htm"> King
John</A>. "Magna Carta"
is Latin and means "<B>Great Charter</B>". The Magna Carta was one of
the most important documents of <A href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Year%207.htm">Medieval England</A>.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm"><FONT size="3" face="Arial">It was signed between the barons
and <A href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/king_john.htm"> John</A> at Runnymede near Windsor Castle. The document was a series of written
promises between the king and his subjects that he, the king, would govern
England and deal with its people according to the customs of <A href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/feudal.htm">feudal
law</A>. Magna Carta was an attempt by the barons to stop a king - in this case
John - abusing his power with the people of England suffering.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3034E8F4-DF0B-4280-A870-FAA44E6EBBAD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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