John (Penguin Monarchs)

An Evil King?

By:

Nicholas Vincent

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Hardback

Series:

Penguin Monarchs

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A fascinating portrayal of a complex, unpopular king, defined by the Magna Carta King John ruled England for seventeen and a half years. For most of that time he enjoyed, if not popularity, then great wealth and power. Yet to posterity his entire reign has come to be embodied in a single image. Furious, outmanoeuvred, crippled with vice, the King sits at Runnymede sealing or more often (and anachronistically) signing Magna Carta. No matter whether we approach this event as reactionaries wishing that the King would assert himself, as conservatives delighted by the restoration of constitutional 'rights', or as radicals longing for liberty and revolution, Runnymede changes everything in our perception of King John. Seventeen years of history are reduced to a picnic on the banks of the Thames. John is exposed as villainous and pathetic. The people triumph. Tyranny is righted. Nicholas Vincent's fascinating portrayal of a complex man unpicks the character behind one of England's most despised kings. Was he as evil as legend suggests? Or has he been unfairly misunderstood?

Author Biography:

Nicholas Vincent is a professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia, specializing in twelfth and thirteenth-century history, with a particular current focus on the Magna Carta. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Release date Australia

July 30th, 2020

Author

Nicholas Vincent

Series

Penguin Monarchs

Pages

144

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

129x186x19

ISBN-13

9780141977690

Product ID

27536149

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