Realm Divided [electronic resource] : A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
Jones, Dan2015
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1215 - the penultimate year of the reign of a king with the worst reputation of any in our history - saw England engulfed by crisis. Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the Archbishop of Canterbury, they drew up a list of their demands. In June, in a quiet Thames-side water-meadow, John attached his regal seal - under oath - to a charter that set limits on regal power. In return, the barons renewed their vows of fealty. Groundbreaking though 'Magna Carta' was, it had scant immediate impact as England descended into civil war that would still be raging when John died the following year.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Head of Zeus, 2015
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9781781858813
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English
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2777191