you might know that english kings and queens have no real power to rule but do you know how this limitation of the crown's powers began the first british document that brings the idea of limiting the powers of kings was the magna carta approved in 1215 the middle of the middle ages the partial unification of the english monarchy took place around the 10th century the medieval period of what we know today is england it was marked by political instability and power disputes between nobles of different anglo-saxon origins those disputes led to abuses by the kings causing
anger among the nobles and the barons and the dissatisfaction was so strong that it led to a limitation of the monarch's powers he was forced to accept that his will would be below the power of law clearly it's not the same document that's in use today because the parliamentary monarchy that we know today was only implemented in the 17th century after the glorious revolution but we'll cover that another time stay tuned
