The continental defeat that directly caused Magna Carta. John's strategy depended on a two-front war against Philip Augustus. When his imperial allies were destroyed at Bouvines, John was forced home humiliated and bankrupt. The barons who had bankrolled the campaign revolted; the result was Magna Carta in June 1215. Bouvines is thus the most consequential battle in the history of constitutional government.
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