The Reign of King John / Sidney Painter.
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. His attempts to adjust a political system to cope with this threat and at the same tim...
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Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- The succession
- The king anda the magnates
- The king's servants
- The royal administration
- King John and the church
- King or tyrant
- The seeds of revolt
- Magna Carta
- The civil war.