The Magna Carta
In Our Time
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The Charter of Henry III
The only way his son's survive was by calling on the charter. He hated it, he hated everything about it. And so they were successful in that manoeuvre. Although this chapter was the French person, they controlled half of France. So we had a foreign king. I mean, the choron ormer king. If Louis had won, England and France would have come under the same ruler. But yes, to win the war and then secure the peace, the charter is reissued. The final definitive reissue is the 1225 one in return for a great tax.
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