Magna Carta
Gone Medieval
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Magna Carta and the Battle of Lincoln
By the end of 1215 Magna Carta seemed a failure without a future. How does it survive at all? The answer to that is John's death because he left his nine-year-old son Henry III in an absolutely desperate situation. A new version of the chart is issued in November 1216 without some of its most objectionable clauses, no security clause anymore and no 25 barons. I think it did help win the war because there's a cycle of battle of Lincoln. What's so striking is that the barons on Louis' side don't fight very hard. They all get captured. But they realized in some ways they've got what they wanted. They've got a
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