King John - Magna Carta, Treachery & Tyranny Documentary 

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"Too late to be called John The First, he will forever be known as John The Worst."

A victim of circumstance, a king who did not, would not, accept limits on his behaviour, spending, and power. But in the end, a king who resisted what must have been an almost overwhelming temptation to go to war against his own high born people-- and he could have had a pretty good go at it, if he'd managed to get serfs, peasants, men tied and free, onto his side. If he had been as manipulating, greedy, and coniving as he's sometimes portrayed, he could definitely, with some false promises, some showy spending, have sandwiched the barons between royalty and low born, and possibly prevailed. It would have ruined England for hundreds of years, but John could have done it. This was fascinating and very informative. Thank you very many much for all the research and hard work that went into actually making this doco, and for uploading it. The production itself was very well done. I thought I knew King John, but now realise I've still got a lot to learn. I'm looking forward to hearing this again, as I go to sleep (please don't be offended, it's just you've got a calming narrative going here, and also I think I'll need more than one repeat to fully grasp KJ impact. Thanks, kudos!

John is a fascinating failure. And he was surrounded by so many epic people. William Marshal, Eleanor of Aquitaine, King Philip of France, etc.

I can respect his quick response to rescuing his Mother from Arthur

I’ve been excited to watch this one! Thank you for the excellent and carefully researched videos. They’re always top notch!

Wow! This period of history was more complicated than I knew

I really love this channel, really good presentation every time.

I love these cause i can enjoy them as i work ir do chores around the house all the while this plays in the background. Except for anything to do with English politics. It takes ones absolute and full attention due to the constant web of connections and plethora of players involved in each story.

This is gonna be wicked! Just clicked it as soon as I seen it!

John was dealt a losing hand by his father and elder brother, who preceded him as king. He was a vigorus and active ruler who did the very best that could be done with the hand that was dealt him. He showed remarkable staying power, given all his enemies who were determined to overthrow him. He worked hard at his job right up to his dying day. He was loyal to his supporters who were loyal to him, and left his kingdom in honest and capable hands. He insured the succession of his sons to the throne.

John was a capable administrator, but poor strategist, Richard I was a brilliant strategist but had no interest in administration of England🤷🏽 John had many faults, but wasn't the worst English king. The two I cannot split as the worst were Richard II and Henry VI. As always, brilliant documentaries, always learning something new.

Fun Fact: The Magna Carta was wrote by Stephen Langton in a type of Latin that the king and none of the lords could read.

This is wonderful. Thank you.

One error - the narrator describes Arthur, Duke of Brittany, as Eleanor of Aquitaine’s nephew at 40:40. He was her grandson!

Love these videos. Thank you! 😊

Thanks for a most comprehensive overview. A terrible lot for a man to bear. I find your work to be fascinating.

Great job, my goodness it was tuff being a king in those days. You forgot to interject the story of Robin Hood, Errol Flynn fought King John and Won back in 1940’s! May God richly bless everyone ✝️🇺🇸.

Commendable sir, thank you .

The period of time between Henry II and King John has to be one of the most dramatic periods in British History. The attack on Becket, Richard I and the 3rd Crusade and then Magna Carta. Just to name a few big events in a very short time period.

Excellent. The Magna Carta fascinates this man, and such telling as this is essential for import as to the importance of the Magna Carta to this day. I was unaware just how much influence the US Constitution writers, were influenced by this document, till quite recently.

This was excellent.

King John was my great grandfather many times back through the Yale family who came to America.

Another ancestor on my mother’s side of the family

I'm always very interested in English history. After watching this episode I have a better understanding of the Magna Carta. King John had a great impact on English law and should be known as the Father of Britain for all of his accomplishments. I felt kinda bad for him. In other words, "don't deal me that hand and I won't play my cards."

A lesser son of greater sires and a cub to his brother a lion who preceded him as king and unworthy of the loyalty of the greatest knight of all time.

Very adept and thorough account on the life and reign of King John. King John I believe had to adapt accordingly to the brutality of his time period. Even though he was treacherous and brutal, he really kind of had to be. His time era was literally kill or be killed.

Excellent! I've watched the whole thing! 😉

I know that none of this is a comedy, but I laughed almost all the way through this after it got started good! That John, was a pretty interesting guy, lol.

It’s funny because at first he was kind of a “soft” ruler. But it seems like because he knew people were starting to dislike him he started to take more decisive actions and those still failed. But it may have been too little too late at that point.

hello, i'm still trying to take this all in . i am young yet , in my armchair historian seat 😉😉😉😉still trying , to take it all in🤔🤔🤔🤔i'll get there . great awesome share , thank you , for sharing.......will watch again ....

If I remember correctly Eleanor of Aquitaine was essential in raising the ransom for Richard. If I am correct, I don't believe that was mentioned in this Documentary and maybe it should have been.

What English kings will you cover next. I’d like to see videos for Henry IV and Henry VI. Also would like to see ones for William II and Henry I.

You guys should do an episode about queen Isabella the she-wolf of France. And explore her early life and how she got married to Edward the 2nd and also her relationship with roger Mortimer and how they defeated Edward the 2nd and got her son on the throne.

Who do you think is the worst English Monarch? I personally think that it’s Athelred The Unready. His massacre of Danes in 1006 led to The Danes invading England and driving Ethelred to Normandy. Athelred only took back England due to the death of King Sweyn. Thanks to his father’s incompetence, Edmund II had to fight Cnut. Unfortunately for Edmund, he was defeated, gave up most of England and was murdered. King Ethelred’s stupidity and shortsightedness caused 2 conquests of England and paved the way for the 1066 conquest of England.

Eleanor and John were both especially exceptional...

There is a reason we refer to our toilets as "Johns".

🎶The world will sing of an English king, A thousand years from now, But not because he passed some laws, Or had that lofty brow…🎵

John biggest problem was being the last son born to Henry II. He was never expected to be king. Also considering the chaos of the proceeding 10 or 20 years, it is hard to see how John could have had a successful kingship. The Plantagenets seemed to be unable to decide if they were French or English. I think this was a great weakness. John was criticized for the loss of lands in France, but in the long run, France and England needed to be separate kingdoms. I think the Magna Carta was very important for the future. To summarize, King was the placed between the old medieval and the modern era. The conflict between the future and the past was something John I tried but failed to navigate.

William Marshal and King John are both some of my 22nd grandfathers.

26:17 - Dude looks like a young George Washington

Bonjour à tous. At 6:25 John was taken to the Abbaye de Fontevraud... The images showed are not Fontevraud. I was lucky enough to have worked there for almost two years and spent a great deal of a time wandering around, inside and outside... That is definetly not Fontevraud...

Can you make queen victoria of england next is that i love your videos and i love history

King John I of England had his belly button pierced. 🎭🩰🎨

A shame John's reign was such a failure for England & the monarchy. Because the name "John" is such a strong ancient & noble name,but his negative legacy has prevented it from being used by his ancestors. Well done as always "Peoples Profiles"!

I love him saying "issue".

isnt King John pricne John from Robin Hood

You should do a profile on King James the First of England, known for the New King James, and King James Bibles, which are up there with the most read versions of the Bible to date, all time. Thank u for your vids, they’re incredible😊

Its very helpful for me. True bound with land

Please do one about the White Ship and the ensuing civil war.

Very interesting

46:34 The knight's sword bends twice. 😅

Spotted a mounted knight swinging a sword which bent visibly : ) at approx 46.30

My 25th great grandfather knew King John I of England personally. My 25th great grandfather not only knew King John I personally, he also had floor length hair. My 25th great grandfather was absolutely devastated when King John I died at age 49 in late 1216. My 25th great grandfather mourned the death of King John I of England for decades. May they rest together in peace. 💐🌷🌹🌺🌸🌼

Greatest legacy for the worst king

It was a shame that richard died so young. I think john was a victim of low expectations from his subjects and family. He was not raised to rule and would of been more suited to assisting richard as he possessed attributes that richard lacked. He also fell victim of trusting the french and maybe should of realised that king philip was not someone to trust and plotted against him in the same way

Lumps of gold that size would require much heavier weights in the opposite balance pan !

Watch the Lion in WInter with Peter Otoole and Katherine Hepburn.. shows him in not a great light.

Clearly a bad omen when Johns throne and crown were washed away.

Is there one on King Billy .

Idk Henry VI & Edward II where pretty awful kings it's definitely a debate..

from the information displayed i really think that john was so passionate about his family’s land that he did absolutely anything he could including exploitations of his people and a bit of atrocity (starving the irish queen) if it meant he could get the land back

Never know his story, this is interesting

what is that Castle at 33:33?

The Magna Carta actually only restricted the ķing's prerogatives vis-a-vis the barons. It did nothing to establish the rights of the non-nobility or the common people.

King John was an amazing man that's why I represent him

Thanks for a biography of yet another ancestor of mine, great biography

King John is my 25th great grandfather, king Henry II is my 26th great grandfather and Geoffrey count of Anjou is my 27th great grandfather.

Just annobservation: trade networks were not discovered,invented, or built during this time period. The record shows trade flourished all across the known world especially in the med. You make out it like they crawled out if caves er zomething. Other quibles nor gonna mention them cuz they are my opinions lol. Good vid

The only thing that I repect is that he rescued his mother. Pure heart.

Every time I think of king john I think of his nephew the poor Arthur Plantagenet duke of brittany and his poor sister eleanor the fair maid of brittany. What this horrible man did to them both was a great tragedy. Even by Plantagenet standards. The boy was murdered probably by John and the boy's sister was kept a virtual prisoner by John and his successor Henry III. This was because Arthur and Eleanor had a better claim to the English throne than John. (They were the children of his older brother Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Of Brittany).

King Johns laws were good for the people they were guranteed land if of the land he encouraged loyalty and courage

As fascinating as I find it, I shall never get as good a grip on history as I should like. For me I find it far too linear. This, then that, then this and then.... too many names crammed into five minutes. Foreign names alluding to foreign people and foreign places. Not that I have an aversion to anything foreing. It just makes the task even more difficult. I`m more attuned to Science ( and my main inquiry is into mathematics ), but I`d love to get an education in History to complete what education I have. The Arts, the Fine Arts is another love of mine which - since it contains much history - remains a mystery to me. There is no pill that will cure me.

Dispatch his parts most private to a Rutland tree….haha

I still think Henry VI was the worst king of England but no doubt John is close

Batu khan, son of Burky khan, became Muslim and fought with hulego army that weaked both big armies. Helped European nations to survive from disaster.

I serve Richard the Leonhart and non other.

Louis VIII of France was king 1223-1226, not 1202-1246 as is stated in the picture at 38:03. He was born in 1187, not 1186.

Many names, many dates, all very confusing. Fascinating though (maybe cos I come from Newark-on-Trent. 🐨🇦🇺

It’s not ok to deprive society of its own benefit too the point of all out rebellion. Somehow very relevant to today.

Well what do you know there is still history on history channels

was the dramatic pause before "...The Anarchy" a part of historical records? Not being smart, seems like something they'd do back then.

Wonderful documentary presentation. Thank you. As for the kings and the barons, all of them were a bunch of murderous bell-ends not worth a wet wank in my estimation. And as for the Magna Carta, it was simply an agreement between kings and barons, and did not mention the people who did all the work in mediaeval England. They did not count.

wow today we would' call him a tory

The more I learn about King John the more he seems to have been the Vladimir Putin of British history.

I feel like the bloke who narrated this and the majority of other historians don't really know what they are going on about. Frankly they contradict themselves on many occasions. He seemed to do a lot of decent stuff in my opinion and played a pretty important role. I will admit he may have made a few rash decisions but overall he was a pretty good conqueror and should be given more credit. There have been way worse kings and a lot of his wrongdoings have clearly been embellished for some reason.

They moulded Christianity in Roman times. Very sad how women were cut off when it became the sole religion. Then agsin, even today women aren’t considered equal by many. It’s very sad.

Well, even after the standards of that time, where all rulers did questionable things (after our modern standards)...the starving to death of a mother and her child was pretty evil.

Have you any helmets I can bay of you friend

There's nothing about John's reputed hanging of Isabella's lover on her bed post, or some such demonstrative vindictive gesture. Why was it not mentioned? Also, it is good to say which chroniclers recordered his reign and what they said about him, i.e. more emphasis on the sources would be great. This video seems to be sympathetic to John; it appears he was fighting on every side repelling attack from all corners and that made him tax everybody. When you say "barons" it is good to actually mention each by name and title, at least once. Otherwise quite a good piece.

He was dealt with pretty handily by Robin hood

As the stories are todl "told" it's surprising the power of "rule" lasts long as it does. Leads me to believe there is substantial goodness left out. Todl: verb present tense 1. To continually communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words without objective consideration. "I todl you were coming" "I todl you were coming" "I todl you were coming" "I todl you were coming" "I todl you were coming" You get the idea.

in pampered by his mother I think he was a coward also I believe his mother would’ve made a better ruler than he ever could

When the French ruled England

Why didnt John just pit the Barrons against the serfs?

Robin hood's nemesis sovereigne

Do lions actually live in England? 🤔

John represents the dark side of the Aquarius in the Zodiac

King John isn't the worst king, that goes to Aethelred the Unready imo, but he isn't far off. He was a schemer and opportunist as well as a usurper.

It seems that England was never nice to Ireland!