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King John :crown::silhouette: (Magna Carta :chart: (Afterwards he rejected…
King John :crown::silhouette:
Issues(Church) :church:
Interdict for 4 years
Excommunication of John by Pope
Fell out with Pope over Stephen Langton (
1207
)
Magna Carta :chart:
Afterwards he rejected it saying that he was forced into signing it. He was backed by the Pope (Innocent III)
John was surrounded by barons with swords, and Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
Signed in Runnymede in
June, 1216
Freemen
- had right to a fair trial
Barons
- kept watch over King's activities
Sheriffs
- unpopular ones were to be sacked, now accountable to the barons, every sheriff had a copy of MC
Barons not happy with John.
Barons :mens:
This meant they did not have any income coming in.
John taxed them very heavily eg
Lost all their lands apart from Gascony and Ponthieu.
Barons came up with name, 'Softsword'
40 rebel Barons - Army of God and Holy Church
He reused old taxes such as scutage, which was a war tax. {He used it even when there was no war going on}
Background :arrow_backward:
Died of dysentry
Came to the throne -
1199
and died in
1216
Wars in France :crossed_swords:
Lost all his lands apart from Gascony and Ponthieu.
His succession to the throne was disputed because Philip thought Arthur of Brittany should have become king. They also fell out over Isabella of Angouleme.