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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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Comparison
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
All Medieval and Early Modern Constitutional Charters
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Act of Abjuration

Medieval and Early Modern Constitutional Charters

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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Brokmerbrief

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Buke Shohatto

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Cain Adomnain

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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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Constitutio Criminalis Carolina

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Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana

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Constitutio Romana

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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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Dusan's Code

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Eight Prohibitions

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Fatawa 'Alamgiri

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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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Furs of Valencia

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General State Laws for the Prussian States

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Golden Bull of 1222

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Golden Bull of 1356

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Goseibai Shikimoku

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Great Law of Peace

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Great Ming Code

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Great Qing Legal Code

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Gyeongguk daejeon

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Hukum Kanun Pahang

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Instrument of Government

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Kanun (Albania)

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King's Law

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Kormchaia Book

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Kouroukan Fouga

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Kyŏngguk taejŏn

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Law Code of Vinodol

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Laws of Burgos

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Laws of the Indies

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Magna Carta

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Maiestas Carolina

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Molmutine Laws

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New Laws of 1542

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Novgorod Judicial Charter

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Omi Code

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Pacta Conventa

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Petition of Right (1628)

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Poljica Statute

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Provisions of Oxford

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Pskov Judicial Charter

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Quadripartitus

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Regiam Majestatem

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Russkaya Pravda

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Sachsenspiegel

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Scanian Law

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Senchas Mór

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Siete Partidas

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Sobornoye Ulozheniye

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Statute of Rhuddlan

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Statutes of Casimir the Great

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Statutes of Lithuania

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Sudebnik of 1497

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Taiho Code

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Tang Code

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Three Seals Law

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Udal Law

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Undang-Undang Laut Melaka

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Undang-Undang Melaka

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Union of Lublin

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Union of Utrecht

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Uraicecht Becc

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Usages of Barcelona

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Wareru Dhammathat

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Sources
1. Magna Carta (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Magna Carta, lead section, sealing sentence
    Magna Carta, sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights sealed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
  • Magna Carta, lead section, date sentence
    Magna Carta, 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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