Over and Obove topics <Tab/>The Magna Carta changed the way monarchs ruled in two ways. First, it limited the monarch's arbitrary power. Most of the clauses dealt specifically with King John and his abuses of power over the nobility. Under the Magna Carta the king could not be above the law; he was subject to it. If the king wanted to impose extra taxes, beyond customary taxes, he would have …showed first 75 words of 341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 341 total…example he sold the right for an orphan's guardian to keep the orphan's property after the orphan turned 21. Also he put his enemies in jail and they had no right to a trial. After a while the townspeople got totally fed up with how King John was treating them so they rebelled. He fought a battle agianst his knights, nobels and serfs. He lost the battle so they made him sign a list of demands.