Why was the Magna Carta most important to the development of constitutional monarchy?

A. It established that all Englishmen had legal rights.

B. It ended a rebellion against King John I.

C. It created a council of nobles to prevent the monarch from violating rights.

D. It established the legal principle that the monarch was not above the law.

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D. It established the legal principle that the monarch was not above the law.