The Reign of King John
The Reign of King John

Author: Sidney Painter

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2020-02-03

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1421435160

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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.

English Government in the Thirteenth Century
English Government in the Thirteenth Century

Author: Adrian Jobson

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781843830566

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Papers on aspects of the growth of royal government during the century. The size and jurisdiction of English royal government underwent sustained development in the thirteenth century, an understanding of which is crucial to a balanced view of medieval English society. The papers here follow three central themes: the development of central government, law and justice, and the crown and the localities. Examined within this framework are bureaucracy and enrolment under John and his contemporaries; the Royal Chancery; the adaptation of the Exchequer in response to the rapidly changing demands of the crown; the introduction of a licensing system for mortmain alienations; the administration of local justice; women as sheriffs; and a Nottinghamshire study examining the tensions between the role of the king as manorial lord and as monarch. Contributors: NICK BARRATT, PAUL R. BRAND, DAVID CARPENTER, DAVID CROOK, ANTHONY MUSSON, NICHOLAS C. VINCENT, LOUISE WILKINSON

A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King James. Containing All Passages of State and Church, with All Other Observations Proper for a Chronicle. Faithfully Collected of Authors Ancient and Modern; and Digested Into a Method. By Sir Richard Baker ... Whereunto is Added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and the First Thirteen Years of His Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second ... All which Additions are Revised in this Fifth Impressio, and Free from Many Errors and Mistakes of the Former Editions
A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King James. Containing All Passages of State and Church, with All Other Observations Proper for a Chronicle. Faithfully Collected of Authors Ancient and Modern; and Digested Into a Method. By Sir Richard Baker ... Whereunto is Added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and the First Thirteen Years of His Sacred Majesty, King Charles the Second ... All which Additions are Revised in this Fifth Impressio, and Free from Many Errors and Mistakes of the Former Editions

Author: Richard Baker

Publisher:

Published: 1670

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13:

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King John
King John

Author: Ralph V Turner

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-08-26

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0752469010

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King John long ago acquired the epithet 'Bad,' and he is reputed to be the worst of England's kings. Before his death in 1216, his desperate exploitation of his subjects for ever more money had turned him into the mythical monster of Hollywood legend. In marked contrast to his brother Richard, John appeared incompetent in battle, failing to defend Normandy (1202-04), and was unsuccessful in recovering his lost lands in 1214. A continuing crisis was a constant need for money, forcing John to drain England of funds for campaigns in France, demanding unlawful and oppressive new taxes. Adding to his evil reputation was an ill-tempered personality and a streak of pettiness or spitefulness that led him to monstrous acts, including murdering his own nephew. King John's unpopularity culminated in a final crisis, a revolt by the English baronage, 1215-16, aimed at subjecting him to the rule of law, that resulted in his grant of Magna Carta.