In early thirteenth-century England,King John had few formal limits on his power,yet he needed the permission of the Catholic Pope to marry many of his potential spouses and needed the cooperation of English nobles to wage war.A general term for a political system with such informal limits on power is

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Authoritarian governments have few formal limits on power, but they may still be constrained by other institutions or groups, such as religious authorities or the nobility, as in the case of King John.

In Early Thirteenth-Century England,King John Had Few Formal Limits on His