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King John - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Since John was a bad king, Arthur, John's cousin, was proposed to be the new king
        
        John, meanwhile, locked Arthur up 'for his own safety'
        
        So when he disappeared locals rebelled and claimed that John murdered Arthur. This was how John lost land.
    - - He married Isabella, who was already promised to Hugh Lusignan. He complained to the royal family
      - This gave Philip II, King of France, an excuse to wage war and win land from England
    - - Pope encouraged Philip to attack England and take the remains of the Angevin Empire
- - - - This made him unpopular with everyone
    - - He signed peace treaty and for many it was the final straw
      - It gave him the nickname John 'Softsword'
  - - - John was not cooperative and in May 1215 nobles forced him to come to Runnymede, with an army waiting. They forced John to sign a document known as the Magna Carta or the Great Charter.
      - This was a list of 63 demands to limit the king's power
        
        This included that:
        
        Punishment must fit the crime
        
        Everyone is entitled to a fair trial
        
        Taxes could only be raised with the noble's consent, and the amount of tax he could charge was limited
        
        John was to leave the Church to govern themselves; he had to leave the church alone
        
        John signed it with no intention of keeping to it
        
        However, before a civil war started, John died of dysentry