John (King of England)
“King of England”
historical figure · 1 work · 2 mentions · 21 anchored passages
John · King John · John, Dominus Hiberniae · the King
in the texts
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
King of England (r. 1199-1216) whose taxation, loss of Normandy, quarrel with Rome, and conflict with the barons over liberties form the central narrative of the passage, culminating in the arrangement of the Runnymede meeting.
the years in which John waged a losing war with the King of France (1199–1206), the quarrel with the Pope (1206–13), the great struggle with the barons (1213–16).
Eustace de Vesci, as spokesman of the malcontents, asked Innocent, as overlord of England, to compel John to restore the ancient liberties, and claimed consideration on the ground that John’s surrender to the Pope had been made under pressure put on the King by them—all to no effect.
The ease with which Normandy was lost showed something more than the incapacity of the King as a ruler and leader—John Softsword as contemporary writers call him.