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He WAS. He created illegal taxes, imprisoned barons without reason or trial, and many more things that are terrible. However, after a revolt, he agreed to sign the Magna Carta. That is basically the rules of Canada today. he also did follow god so therefore the people of his time ( because they were really religous) didnt like him.

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Bad. When his brother, King Richard I (the Lionhearted) was being held captive, John didn't bother to send the ransom money. Then, when Richard died and he became king outright, he was so obnoxious and money-grubbing that English nobles made him sign the famous document, the Magna Carta, which required him (and future monarchs) not to overstep their boundaries of power. Everything I've read about him shows him in a bad light, and if you don't believe me, then you should watch Disney's cartoon Robin Hood, which shows John as a silly, scheming, skinny lion of a king with a snake as an advisor!

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King John was a bad king because he lost the english crown jewels in a swamp lost all their land in France. He was happy for a robber to kill a priest that was his enemy and was extremely cruel. He also could not fight.

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13y ago
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He was a bad king but not a bad man. He couldn't fight wars very well but that doesn't mean he was a bad person. you wouldn't be mad at your friend for not winning a fight would you? No, exactly. Also King John quarreled with the pope. Again this shows that he is a bad KING not a bad PERSON.

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Hello...king john rocked lol. he was great.

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No, he was an awful King. He lost land in France, Killed family, made his noblemen outlaws, AND had over half the countries money in his Castle!

You could try Sellar and Yeateman's (sp?) "1066 and all that".

IMPROVEMENT: We do not know if King John was actually a bad king. He probably just made a lot of mistakes and the barons and monks wrote nasty things about him INCLUDING the story of Robin Hood

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he was bad yet good bad as he was mean and good at...

BEING BAD!!!

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nope

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Bad but not bad In person

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