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a. How far does Source A support the evidence of Source B about the Magna Carta? (6) * This question is asking you to point out similarities and differences between the 2 sources then explain how far A supports B – are they very different? Or very similar? Source A: Professor David Carpenter, 2015 Magna Carta was very important for the development of parliament. First of all, it asserted the rule that taxation needed the consent of the kingdom. You could argue that it prevented kings of England from exploiting their rights to the absolute full. And yet, kings continued to tax, they continued to bully their subjects for centuries thereafter. What mattered about Magna Carta, I think, was idea of a fairer system, but it didn’t always happen. Source B: UK Parliament, 2021 Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority. Magna Carta is significant because it is a statement of law that applied to the kings as well as to his subjects. *

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Magna Carta, English Great Charter, charter of English liberties granted by King John on June 15, 1215, under threat of civil war and reissued, with alterations, in 1216, 1217, and 1225. By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,” the Magna Carta provided the foundation for individual rights in Anglo-American jurisprudence.