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Langton

Stephen, a celebrated archbishop of Canterbury. He died in 1228. He was a writer, a theologian, a biblical scholar, a historian, and a poet. He was educated at the University of Paris. King John opposed his installation as archbishop, and Langton retaliated by heading the movement that forced King John to sign Magna Charta at Runnymede.

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