The Magna Carta (The Great Charter) was a document drafted by Stephen Langton, Archibishop of Canterbury, to make peace between King John "Lackland" of England and a coalition of rebel barons who opposed his despotic rule.

Source: http://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/magna-carta-english-translation

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