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King John: life of the week

Nick Vincent charts the life of one of the most infamous monarchs of medieval England

• Spencer Mizen

Published: October 8, 2024 at 7:00 AM

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King John has a terrible reputation. He's best known as the monarch who broke the terms of Magna Carta, lost Normandy to the French and committed numerous acts of unspeakable cruelty. Here, in conversation with Spencer Mizen, Nicholas Vincent considers if John really was as bad as all that - or if, indeed, he was even worse.

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Spencer MizenSenior production editor

Spencer is senior production editor of HistoryExtra magazine

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