The barons swear to achieve their liberties, 1214 (1864) Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
The barons swear to achieve their liberties, 1214 (1864). The barons and nobles of England at a private meeting in St Edmundsbury reviewing the Charter of Henry I; all made an oath at the church that if King John refused their demands to produce a new charter under his seal, they would renounce their allegiance, and make war upon him until their liberties were achieved. This led to the signing of Magna Carta in 1215.
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