King John
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Author | : Marc Morris |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2015-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1605988863 |
King John is one of those historical characters who needs little in the way of introduction. If readers are not already familiar with him as the tyrant whose misgovernment gave rise to Magna Carta, we remember him as the villain in the stories of Robin Hood. Formidable and cunning, but also cruel, lecherous, treacherous and untrusting. Twelve years into his reign, John was regarded as a powerful king within the British Isles. But despite this immense early success, when he finally crosses to France to recover his lost empire, he meets with disaster. John returns home penniless to face a tide of criticism about his unjust rule. The result is Magna Carta – a ground-breaking document in posterity, but a worthless piece of parchment in 1215, since John had no intention of honoring it. Like all great tragedies, the world can only be put to rights by the tyrant’s death. John finally obliges at Newark Castle in October 1216, dying of dysentery as a great gale howls up the valley of the Trent.
Author | : Sidney Painter |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2020-02-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1421435160 |
Originally published in 1949. Lacking the warlike bluntness of his predecessor, Richard the Lionheart, John came to the throne of England at a time when economic forces in the realm were threatening to undermine the very basis of feudal power. The Reign of King John covers his attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same time to assert the hegemony of the monarchy over its chief rivals—the barons and the church—made his reign one of particular importance and significance in English history.
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publisher | : Joe Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2015-11-24 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1988120195 |
Treachery and betrayal are the order of the day during the reign of King John of England (1199-1216.) After he is forced to recognize the illegitimate son of his dead brother, King Richard I, King John finds himself under siege by the French king, Philip. Dealing with themes of royal legitimacy, succession, and the tenuous nature of diplomatic relationships, King John parallels issues prevelant in Shakespeare's own society at the time.
Author | : Wilfred Lewis Warren |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780300073737 |
First published by Methuen in 1981.
Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Talking books |
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Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1907 |
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Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1887 |
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Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2017-08-28 |
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ISBN | : 9781975816575 |
King John receives an ambassador from France, who demands, on pain of war, that he renounce his throne in favour of his nephew, Arthur, whom the French King, Philip, believes to be the rightful heir to the throne. John adjudicates an inheritance dispute between Robert Faulconbridge and his older brother Philip the Bastard, during which it becomes apparent that Philip is the illegitimate son of King Richard I. Queen Eleanor, mother to both Richard and John, recognises the family resemblance and suggests that he renounce his claim to the Falconbridge land in exchange for a knighthood.
Author | : William Shakespeare |
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Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1883 |
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