What is the importance of the Magna Carta?

Answer: To curb the power of the king and make him govern by the old English laws that had prevailed before the Normans came

Explanation:

*A document that King John of England (1166-1216) was forced into signing. The charter greatly reduced the power of the king held as the King of England and allowed for the formation of a powerful parliament

* A collection of 37 English laws - some copied, some recollected, some old and some new

* became the basis for English citizen's rights