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Explain the significance of the Magna Carta (1215). What effect did this have on absolute government authority?

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well the significance of the Magna Carta is that it says that everyone is subject to the law, so like kings and queens can go to jail if they break the law.

The effects are that kings and queens had to obey the laws which made some very angry
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