Magna Carta

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England's Magna Carta, which limited the monarchy's financial powers among other things, is just one example.
例如，英格蘭的大憲章在其他的所有事務(wù)中對(duì)財(cái)政權(quán)作出了相應(yīng)的限制。
Leaping forward, Lane briefly summarizes the emergence of common law freedoms in Britain and the imposition on King John of the rights enshrined in Magna Carta.
接著萊茵筆鋒一轉(zhuǎn)，跨越式的簡(jiǎn)要概述了英國(guó)普通法自由和大憲章的出現(xiàn)，大憲章裡把權(quán)利奉爲(wèi)神聖，竝強(qiáng)迫英王約翰接受。
Throughout the Middle Ages, from the barons forcing King John to sign the Magna Carta, to the Wars of the Roses, rebellion was a game played almost exclusively by the rich and powerful.
在整個(gè)中世紀(jì)，從男爵們強(qiáng)迫英王約翰簽署大憲章，再到玫瑰戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，反叛基本上是一個(gè)衹有豪門貴族才玩得起的遊戯。

But in Riches's magnum opus, here read by trained NPR professionals, he sued the Magna Carta.
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a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that gave certain political and legal rights to some English people. It is often seen as the start of the legal system and the rule of law in England.

the charter granted by King John at Runnymede in 1215, recognizing the rights and privileges of the barons, church, and freemen