Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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"A very bad man, more cruel than all others. He lusted after beautiful women, And because of this he shamed the high men of the Land".

In the final episode we'll see King John lose it all.

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Reference 1 King John, Marc Morris, page 148
King John, Stephen Church page 110
Philip Augustus, Jim Bradbury page 144
1215 The year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham page 159

Reference 2 The Margam Abbey Chronicle

Reference 3 King John, Marc Morris, page 151
King John, Stephen Church page 108

Reference 4 King John, Marc Morris, page 12

Reference 5 King John, Marc Morris, page 13
King John, Stephen Church page 115

Reference 6 Philip Augustus, Jim Bradbury page 149

Reference 7 King John, Stephen Church page 117

Reference 8 Philip Augustus, Jim Bradbury page 147

Reference 9 Philip Augustus, Jim Bradbury page 150

Reference 10 King John, Marc Morris, page 45
King John, Stephen Church page 123
Philip Augustus, Jim Bradbury page 152

Reference 11 Magna Carta, Professor Nicholas Vincent page 31

Reference 12 King John, Stephen Church page 136

Reference 13 King John, Marc Morris, page 127

Reference 14 King John, Stephen Church page 138

Reference 15 King John, Marc Morris, page 131

Reference 16 King John, Stephen Church page 150

Reference 17 King John, Marc Morris, page 131

Reference 18 1215 The year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham page 149

Reference 19 1215 The year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham page 150

Reference 20 A history of Wales, John Davies page 131

Reference 21 King John, Stephen Church page 135

Reference 22 King John, Stephen Church page 135

Reference 23 King John, Stephen Church page 142

Reference 24 England in the thirteenth century, Harding, Cambridge page 267

Reference 25 1215 The year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham page 167

Reference 26 King John, Stephen Church page 204

Reference 27 King John, Stephen Church page 212

Reference 28 John, Professor Nicholas Vincent page 90

Reference 29 King John, Stephen Church page 218

Reference 30 John, Professor Nicholas Vincent page 99
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King John, Stephen Church page 248
King John, Marc Morris, page 284

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