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1215
The Magna Carta
This document was issued by King John, and grants the basic liberties and rights to the jurisprudence of English civility, thus laying the necessary foundation for the English to uprise against absolutism. -
Petition of Rights
This document required that there should be no more forced
loans or taxation without the consent of Parliament, that
no freeman should be imprisoned without due cause, and
that troops should not be billeted in private homes. This grants the civilians under the monarchy greater extent of socio-economic welfare, thus diminishes the power of the monarchy. -
Militia Ordinance
It was passed to give Parliament authority, in order to raise an army of its own. With this, the people shall have the ability to secure their own-selves, thus diminishing the need and power of the monarchy, or the King's armed forces. -
Execution of Charles I
The Rump Parliament, a part of the dissolved Long Parliament to which King Charles I summoned, had eventually brought Charles I to execution, that exerted the power of Parliamentary in limiting the authority of absolute monarchs. -
Act for Abolishing the Kingly Office
The act passed by the Parliament in deeming that the absolutism had caused its people to be enslaved and impoverished, thus illegalizes the crowning of Charles I's descendants, as well as granting greater power to the Parliament in making lawful decisions. -
Glorious Revolution
Following the abdication of King James I, the Parliament, under an European coalition's wish of bringing a halt to the prevailing conflicts, was summoned and granted the crown to Williams and Mary. Along the way, the English Bill of Rights emanated and established the Parliament as an authoritative entity that diminishes the absolute power of monarchs. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights were read to Williams and Mary prior to offering them the crown, expressing the utter needs of rights and liberties that the civility desired, and thereby limiting the power of the absolute monarchy.