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King John is forced by English barons to sign the Magna Carta, which reforms the relationship between the Crown and the nobility, standardizes measures, limits the seizure of private property or persons, establishes the rule of consent for taxation, and requires a trial by one's peers.
Pope Innocent III calls the Fourth Lateran Council in Rome, which ratifies a body of canon law and acknowledges territorial gains of Simon de Montfort in France. The Pope also calls for another Crusade to capture Jerusalem.
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