To try to keep the peace with rebellious barons and landowners, King John agreed to the Magna Carta in 1215. It was the first written document that established the rule of law and limited the king ...

The Magna Carta, signed by King John, was the first attempt to limit the absolute power of the monarch through a decree that they had to act within the rule of law. The Forest Charter re ...

And on 15 June, 1215, they met the king at Runnymede, by the Thames in Surrey, and demanded he sign a peace treaty Magna Carta. John agreed, and for the first time the principle was established ...