Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes 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 fifth episode of the series, we will explore the story of King John.
during the years of Richard the Lionheart's reign.

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Reference 1 The Annals of Roger de Hoveden page 173 paragraph 6

Reference 2 The Annals of Roger de Hoveden page 222.
Jim Bradbury, Philip Augustus page 92.
Marc Morris, John page 73.

Reference 3 Jim Bradbury, Philip Augustus page 92.

Reference 4 The Annals of Roger de Hoveden page 192

Reference 5 Jim Bradbury, Philip Augustus page 95.

Reference 6 The Annals of Roger de Hoveden page 257

Reference 7 page 314 Kate Norgate, England under the Angevin Kings.
The Annals of Roger de Hoveden page 257. Jim Bradbury, Philip Augustus page 109. Marc Morris, John page 74

Reference 8 The Annals of Roger de Hoveden page 221

Reference 9 Stephen Church, King John page 52. Marc Morris, John page 76. Kate Norgate, England under the Angevin Kings page 315. Nicholas Vincent, John page 21.

Reference 10 Stephen Church, King John page 52.

Reference 11 The Cistercian Order's relationship with King Richard and King John
https://www.academia.edu/28469584/The_Cistercian_Orders_relationship_with_King_Richard_and_King_John

Reference 12 Nicholas Vincent, John page 22. Jim Bradbury, Philip Augustus page 113. Stephen Church, King John page 56

Sources.

1215 The year of Magna Carta, Danny Danziger and John Gillingham.

John, Professor Nicholas Vincent.

England in the thirteenth century, Harding, Cambridge.

Magna Carta, Dan Jones.

The Oxford illustrated history of Ireland, Edited by F. Foster.

King John, Marc Morris.

The Plantagenets, John Harvey.

King John, Stephen Chruch.

The illustrated chronicles of Matthew Paris.

The course of the exchequer, http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/cdonahue/courses/lhsemelh/materials/Exchequer.pdf

England under the Angevin kings, Kate Norgate
archive.org/details/englandunderange02norguoft/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater

topography of Ireland
yorku.ca/inpar/topography_ireland.pdf

The Annals of Roger de Hoveden-
archive.org/details/annalsofrogerdeh02hoveuoft/mode/2up

The Cistercian Order's relationship with King Richard and King John
https://www.academia.edu/28469584/The_Cistercian_Orders_relationship_with_King_Richard_and_King_John