Magna Carta the King in the charters. In addition, medieval cases referred to the clauses in Magna Carta which dealt with specific issues such as wardship and dower, debt collection, and keeping rivers free for navigation. Even in the 13th century, some clauses of Magna Carta rarely appeared in legal cases, either because the issues concerned were no longer relevant, or because Magna Carta had been superseded by more relevant legislation. By 1350 half the clauses of Magna Carta were no longer actively used. During the reign of King Edward III six measures, later known as the "Six Statutes", were passed between
1215: The Year of Magna Carta read and sign the Magna Carta properly. However, there are some negative reviews. An anonymous reviewer from Brown University states, “I learned more from reading the Magna Carta reproduced at the back of this book than I did from the book itself. There's a lesson there, somewhere, about the value of source documents.” He continued to state that 1215 was merely a book on life in Medieval England, and gave hardly any information about the Magna Carta itself. Other critics have similar opinions of the book. Critic Robert Heydt states that the book is deceiving (deceptive) in its title and