History Personal Investigation/ A-level

HI

is anyone doing King John for their personal study? just wondered what other people thought of him?

This is for A-level coursework

THANKS

Reply 1

Robmister

I think his ablity to raise the huge amounts of money needed to fiance his war to re-gain the Angevian Empire show that in some ways we under-estmiate him.
However stabbing both his Father and Brother in the back the way he did, I say he had no honour, loyalty, or dignity. Not someone to brag about as a King of England.

Reply 2

Pike

do you know these - should help you out -

http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/portal.htm [on-line sources from Manchester University Press, organised into a series of subject areas, including one on ‘Magna Carta & King John’]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/john_01.shtml ['King John & Richard I: Brothers & Rivals', a series of short linked essays of 2001 by Dr Mike Ibeji, from the BBC History website]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/lusig_01.shtml ['King John, the Lusignan Affair & the Early Years', a series of short linked essays of 2001 by Dr Mike Ibeji, from the BBC History website]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/magna_01.shtml ['King John & the Magna Carta', a series of short linked essays of 2002 by Dr Mike Ibeji, from the BBC History website]

good luck
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