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Explanation

Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta 

Magna Carta, the 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.

Purpose: Peace treaty

Explanation

Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta 

Magna Carta, the 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.

Purpose: Peace treaty

Explanation

The Battle of Hastings[a] was fought on 14 October 1066 

Between the:

• Norman-French army of William,
• Duke of Normandy,
• English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson,

Beginning the Norman Conquest of England.

It took place approximately 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Hastings,