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 mi

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 economi

The controversial reign of King John is the subject of the essays collected in this book, which offers a challenging reappraisal of a number of its most importa

Magna Carta marked a watershed in the relations between monarch and subject and as such has long been central to English constitutional and political history. T

From a renowned medieval historian comes a new biography of King John, the infamous English king whose reign led to the establishment of the Magna Carta and the