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Why was King John so bad?

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well king john was not a bad king but he wasn't the best either. for centuries king john was regarded as a bad king.Stories say that he taxed people enourmously and broke all the rules of the magna carta so people assumed the worst of him and thought he was a bad king and a tyrant. though historians from today have proved that the stories were written by monks and john fell out with the monks.

there is a big diffirence between a good king and a good person

Correct Answer.King John taxed people enormously and broke all the rules to the Magna Carta so people assumed the worse of him and thought he was a bad king and a tyrant. The monks fell out with him and they had to write things for people around the city/village/world. Also, he monks wrote bad things about him even if they weren't true. So you definitely didn't want to fall out with the monks in those times. King John was also suspected of murdering King Richard's son, his nephew, so that he could become King; he sent King Richard on long crusades with the same intention. This is only a rumour though and has not been proved true but that is what medieval people thought.
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beacause of how creul he was the taxes the lies, the church etc

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