Magna Carta set England on a different path from France and other European monarchies. Based on this statement and your knowledge, how did the distribution of power in medieval England differ from that of medieval France

Both France and England were feudal kingdoms by the time the Magna Carta was written. The fact that they were feudal is relevant in the sense that the king did not have absolute power over the land, but had to share this power to a great extent with local lords who ruled over smaller areas.

However, the Magna Carta set a tradition in English Common Law that limited the power of the monarch, because the monarch was became a subject constraint by the laws, and the people became subjects of certain protections and rights.

This did not happen in France where the king eventually gained more and more power with the decline of feudalism. By the Renaissance Era, France was ruled by monarchs who had absolute power, while in England kings had less power every decade, and had to negotiate with Parliament.

This is also a reason why France overthrew its monarchy through a violent revolution, while in England, the transition from monarchy to parliamentary democracy was more peaceful.