Although the Magna Carta (1215) came to be viewed as the first document to guarantee the legal rights of all Englishmen, it was originally intended to serve as a(n)
A) enhancement of the rights of the English church against the English king.
B) guarantee of the customary rights of the English barons.
C) expansion of the customary powers of the English monarch in exchange for a guarantee of financial support from the barons and lesser nobility.
D) reduction of the rights of English serfs.
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