The Magna Carta
In Our Time
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The Uneasy Relationship Between John and the Barons
Carpenter: Magna Carta's two main themes are money and justice. He says John had hugely increased his revenues over the course of rain. This impacted on some of the greatest Barons who found themselves having to pay their debts, he adds. Carpenter: The most famous clause of the charter is 'to know free man'
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