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What legislative body was effective in checking the power of the monarch? (medieval Europe)

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The Magna Carta
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The Magna Carta was signed by King John in June 1215 and was the first document to impose legal limits on the king's personal powers. Clause 61 stated that a committee of twenty five barons could meet and overrule the will of the king—a serious challenge to John's authority as ruling monarch
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