King John and the Magna Carta

 

(1) Read King John. What bad things do sources 1, 2 and 3 say about King John?

(2) What do the people who produced sources 1, 2 and 3 have in common? How might this have influenced what they wrote about King John? Before answering this question it will help you to read sources 5 and 6.

(3) Compare what Maurice Ashley and W. Stubbs have to say about King John. Give reasons why these two historians should have such different views of King John.

(4) What evidence is there in the Magna Carta that the barons were unhappy with the way the law operated under King John?

(5) Read the extracts from the Magna Carta. Would the following groups have been pleased that King John had agreed to sign the Magna Carta? (a) barons; (b) widows; (c) merchants; (d) freemen; (e) serfs. Give reasons for your decisions.

 

 

 

 

 

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