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As might be expected, the text of the Magna Carta of 1215 bears many traces of haste, and is clearly the product of much bargaining and many hands. Most of its clauses deal with specific, and often long-standing, grievances rather than with general principles of law. Some of the grievances are self-explanatory: others can be understood only in the context of the feudal society in which they arose. Of a few clauses, the precise meaning is still a matter of argument. In feudal society, the king's barons held their lands `in fee' (feudum) from the king, for an oath to him of loyalty and obedience, and with the obligation to provide him with a fixed number of knights whenever these were required for military service. At first the barons provided the knights by dividing their estates (of which the largest and most important were known as `honours') into smaller parcels described as `knights' fees', which they distributed to tenants able to serve as knights. But by the time of King John it had become more convenient and usual for the obligation for service to be commuted for a cash payment known as `scutage', and for the revenue so obtained to be used to maintain paid armies. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/magnacarta.html
Short version: a 1689 document that gaurenteed the rights of English citizens :)
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∙ 11y agoIf you're looking for a British/English equivalent to the US Bill of Rights, then you must look to the Human Rights Act, and the European Convention on Human Rights.
The English Bill of Rights is a historical document which enshrines the rights of Parliament over the King.
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∙ 7y agoThe English Bill of Rights are an Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
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∙ 15y agoA shift Of political power from the British monarchy to Parliament.
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∙ 14y agoThe English Bill of Rights is an Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
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What impact did the English Bill of Rights have on your government?
the english bill of rights didnt have the right to bare arms but our bill of rights did thats how the english bill of rights inluenced our government.
Which document signed by king William and Queen Mary gave the English people that right to trial by jury?
The English Bill of Rights
The English bill of rights in a brief sentence?
The English Bill of Rights was an important act passed by Parliament.
What two documents are the bill of rights based on?
The English Bill of Rights and the Virginia Declaration of Rights
What document expanded the rights of the English people and parliament?
The English bill of rights.
What political rights had England citizen won by 1688?
English Bill of Rights
What document strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689?
The English Bill of Rights
What document is the UK governed by?
The United Kingdom is actually governed by two documents, The Bill of Rights (English Bill of Righst, not to be confused with the U.S. Bill of Rights) and Magna Carta.
What impact did the English Bill of Rights have on your government?
the english bill of rights didnt have the right to bare arms but our bill of rights did thats how the english bill of rights inluenced our government.
Which two documents restricted the power of the English monarchy?
Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights.
What enlightenment ideas are in the Bill of Rights?
The English Bill of Rights was before the Enlightenment so they are given as part of the English Bill of Rights.
What English Bill of Rights country?
There is a reason it is called the "English " Bill of Rights. If you are referring to the American constitution and Bill of Rights then it was the United States.
What protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.?
The document that protected the rights of English citizens and was the basis for the American Bill of Rights was the Bill of Rights.
Which document signed by king William and Queen Mary gave the English people that right to trial by jury?
The English Bill of Rights
What was the document written during the Glorious Revolution?
The English Bill of Rights
What document was signes by William and Mary in 1688?
English Bill of Rights
The protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American bill of right?
The document that protected the rights of English citizens and was the basis for the American Bill of Rights was the Bill of Rights.
