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Nova Outline Brief Introduction Magna Carta?is an?English?charter, originally issued in the year 1215 , which included the most direct challenges to the monarchs authority to date. ?It was the first document forced onto an?English King?by a group of his subjects, the?feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges. Background Some barons began to conspire against King John in 1209 and 1212; promises made to the northern barons and Johns submission to universal rule of the papacy in 1213 delayed a French invasion. Over the course of his reign a combination of higher taxes, unsuccessful wars that resulted in the loss of English barons titled possessions in Normandy following the?Battle of Bouvines (1214), and the conflict with?Pope Innocent III?(ending with Johns submission in 1213) had made King John unpopular with many of his barons. Changes The Charter 1216(Henry) The Charter only had 42 as compared to 61 clauses; most notably the infamous article 61 was removed. The Charter was also issued separately for?Ireland. The Great Charter 1225 Having reached the?age of majority, King Henry III was called upon to confirm the Charters. Henry reissued Magna Carta in a shorter version with only 37 articles,which was the first version of the Charter to enter English law. The Great Charter 1297: Statute Edward I of England?reissued the Charters of 1225 in 1297 in return for a new tax. ?This version remains in?Statute?today. Significance In a word, Magna Carta confined the power of the king , gave certain rights to the church and the aristocrats, was the first step for the England to establish the Constitutional monarchy. For the first time, Magna Carta provided individuals like civilians with their own rights. It was from then on that the individual in England learned their self-existed according to the laws. Magna Carta made great effort on the development of individualism in England . Influences The charter was an important part of the e