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This article tells about life in western Europe between the A.D. 400's and the 1500's. In 1215, King John of England agreed to the demands of his barons and authorized that handwritten copies of Magna Carta be prepared, affixed with his seal, and publicly read throughout the kingdom. By doing this, he bound himself, his heirs, to grant to all free men the rights and liberties the great charter described. It meant that King John was no longer above the law. This famous battle was fought on October 14th 1066.