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t0gi_ t1_j9k13zd wrote

Could someone please give me ALL the reasons King John signed the Magna carta ?

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Doctor_Impossible_ t1_j9kmup9 wrote

He was unpopular, he was by a large measure unsuccessful in his rule and particularly in his conflicts with France, he did not have a particularly strong position, a civil war would be both difficult and costly when he was already not doing well financially, and he had no intention of adhering to it anyway.

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