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How were women protected by the magna carta?

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In clause 7: "A widow after the death of her husband, shall ... have her ... inheritance... and she may remain in the house of her husband for forty days after her death".
Clause 8 "No widow shall be compelled to marry, so long as she prefers to live without a husband".
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