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Political Upheaval · 1215

Magna Carta

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The first constitutional limit on royal power shifted patronage over centuries from kings to nobles to merchants, gradually creating the conditions for the independent artist and, eventually, the modern art market.

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Magna Carta (1215) · Ellsworth