Signing of the Magna Carta

Events that led to the signing of the Magna Carta:

1205:

King John had an argument with Lotario also known as Pope Innocent III about who should be archbishop of Canterbury, a city in England. Lotario wanted a man named Stephen Langton to be archbishop, but King John swore that he should never come to England.

1209:

Pope Innocent III excluded King John from participation in the seven sacraments and services in the Christian Church. King John finally accepted Stephen Langton to be archbishop, but Pope Innocent made the king and people to pay him money whenever he demanded it. King John raised the taxes making them really high. His punishments for the defaulters were ruthless and he showed no sympathy.

1212:

King John imposed taxes on the Barons so he could regain his lands that he lost which are: Aquitaine, Poitou, and Anjou. The Barons had a disagreement with King John over his method of ruling over England. 

1215:

The Barons and Stephen Langton teamed up to make King John govern by the old English Laws that had been prevailed before the Normans came. The demands of the Barons were recorded in the "Articles of the Barons" in January 1215. On May 1215, London was in their hands(The Barons). June 1215, the Barons came to King John  packed in armor in Windsor (a town in England) to tell King John to meet them at Runnymede.

June 10, 1215: 

John Lackland, king of England signed and sealed the document.

June 15, 1215:

The Barons returned the Oath of Fealty to King John. The royal chancery made a formal royal grant based on the agreements at Runnymede. The agreements were later knowned as the "Magna Carta".

The copies of the Magna Carta were given to important people in England such as Bishops, Sheriffs, etc.

 King John later died on October 19, 1216. King Henry III, which is King John's son later became the King of England.

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