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I feel like there’s some context missing here on why the king signed this into law? Benefits for commoners are obvious, but the benefits for the king less so
by peteretep 7y ago
I feel like there’s some context missing here on why the king signed this into law? Benefits for commoners are obvious, but the benefits for the king less so
- notahacker 7y agoThe king at the time was nine years old, and facing a rival claim to the throne from a French prince. His unpopular late father had been forced into signing the Magna Carta a couple of years earlier. His regent's decision to be generous (and to actually uphold Magna Carta and not punish all the nobles who had fought against either king) was probably a smart one. It's not like royalty particularly suffered from the common man foraging in their forests.