. .. . .In the Magna Carta, sealed by the banks of theThames, the great rivers of the English kingdom were granted to all men and women alike. A parliamentary committee of the nineteenth century declared the Thames to be “an ancient and free highway” with the attendant right of the public “to move boats over any and every part of the river through which the Thames wter flows.” . . . Page 115
During the reign of Henry’s son John, England lost Normandy to the capable King Philip II of France. When John, who could not accept the loss of Normandy, tried to bolster his army with the money produced by the high taxes imposed on his subjects. The English nobles rebelled, forcing the king to sign Magna Carta, or the Great Character. With Magna Carta, strong limitation were put into place to contain the power of the king, who from then on could no longer enforce the passing of legislation without the consent of his vassals. ~ Page 281
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