What if Magna Carta had gone differently?

English barons force the king to accept limits on royal power in writing.

If it had gone differently: The idea that a ruler is bound by law never gets its founding document; absolutism has no early rival.

The real history on Wikipedia ↗

Later turning points that leaned on Magna Carta. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1688The Glorious Revolution. Without it, The English crown keeps its arbitrary power over taxes and courts; property and lending stay risky.
2. 1720The Enlightenment. Without it, Absolutism keeps its intellectual cover; 'rights of man' never enters common speech.