John of England
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- | A '''grievance''' ({{ety|la|gravis|heavy}}) is a [[wrong]] or [[wikt:hardship|hardship]] suffered, real or supposed, which forms legitimate grounds of [[complaint]]. In the past, the word meant the infliction or cause of hardship. | + | |
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- | The revolt of English barons in the early thirteenth century which led to the [[Magna Carta]] of 1215 was partly motivated by grievances against abuses by [[John of England|King John]]. This right to [[petition]] the king, for grievances, was affirmed in the [[Bill of Rights 1689]]. | + | |
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- | The [[United States Declaration of Independence]] is mainly an enumeration of the colonists' grievances against [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]. | + | |
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- | ==See also== | + | |
- | * [[Complaint system]] | + | |
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