Which of the following was not one of the rules set down by the magna carta?

widows could not be forced to marry.

the king could not arrest anyone who had not broken the law.

nobles could not be taxed without approval.

people had to be tried by a jury of their peers.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.