Nicholas Vincent explored the Biblical basis for the 25 enforcers of this agreement in his 2012 "Very Short Introduction" to it.
Nicholas Vincent explored the Biblical basis for the 25 enforcers of this agreement in his 2012 "Very Short Introduction" to it. A companion to this agreement banned capital punishment for violations of forest law. This agreement mandated the removal of fish weirs from all rivers and the removal of "all foreign knights, crossbowmen, sergeants and mercenaries." This agreement was declared "null, and void of all validity for ever" by Pope Innocent III. (*)  Clause 39 of this document requires trial by jury and is referenced in the 1628 Petition of Right. It was drafted by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, and could not avert the First Barons' War. For 10 points, name this document signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215, which guarantees many English liberties.
Nicholas Vincent explored the Biblical basis for the 25 enforcers of this agreement in his 2012 "Very Short Introduction" to it.
Magna Carta  [or  Great Charter ; or  Magna Carta  Libertatum]