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All Medieval and Early Modern Constitutional Charters

Charters and instruments, mostly English, that first stated a ruler's power as limited by law or agreement, read today as constitutional-law ancestors rather than as codes in the continental sense. Belongs here: Magna Carta, the Constitution of Medina as an early charter binding a community's factions under one law, the Petition of Right of 1628, the Bill of Rights of 1689, and the Acts of Union 1707. Does not belong here: a fully codified national constitution from the eighteenth century or later, grouped under national constitutions instead.

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Landmark Formation Year
1215 1
Defining Characteristic
Magna Carta is a royal charter of rights sealed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. 1
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Act of Abjuration

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Amalfian Laws

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Assize of Clarendon

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Assizes of Ariano

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Assizes of Capua

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Assizes of Jerusalem

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Assizes of Romania

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Asuka Kiyomihara Code

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Bechbretha

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Bjarkey laws

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Bretha Crólige

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Bretha Déin Chécht

Ancient and Near Eastern Law Codes

Brokmerbrief

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Buke Shohatto

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Cáin Adomnáin

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Carta de Logu

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Casimir's Code

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Charter of 1815

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Charter of the Forest

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Church Statute of Prince Vladimir

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Church Statute of Prince Yaroslav

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Civil Code of 1734

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Code of Lekë Dukagjini

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Code of Ordinances of the Àneu Valleys

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Codex Holmiensis

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Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis

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Cóic Conara Fugill

Ancient and Near Eastern Law Codes

Constitutio Criminalis Carolina

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Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana

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Constitutio Romana

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Constitution of 3 May 1791

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Constitution of Medina

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Constitutions of Catalonia

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Constitutions of Clarendon

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Constitutions of Melfi

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Cornwallis Code

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Corpus Iuris Hibernici

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Corsican Constitution

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Coutumes de Beauvaisis

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Críth Gablach

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Cyfraith Hywel

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Dušan's Code

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Eight Prohibitions

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Fatawa 'Alamgiri

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Federal Charter of 1291

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Fetha Negest

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Fuero Juzgo

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Fueros of Navarre

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Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina

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Fundamental laws of the Kingdom of France

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Sources
1. Magna Carta (Wikipedia)
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Magna Carta (Medieval Latin for "Great Charter"), sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights sealed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
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