Because of how unpredictable he was and all in which he did during his reign before his royal power was limited by the Magna Carta.
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The monks wrote bad things about John,some even false because King John didnt like the pope and the pope didnt like him.
There have been many Kings named John. Some won wars, some lost wars, and some did not fight wars. Probalby the most famous ruler named John was not a King. He was Prince John, who ruled in England while his brother, King Richard, was fighting in the Crusades and attempting to return home afterward. Prince John fought no wars and therefore did not win any.
The Tudors liked King John, this was the time when King Henry the 8th ruled. Henry did alot of things John did, lke quarrelling with the pope and chasing after women! The Tudors had sympathy for King John when he lost France because King Hnery had problems with the French. Also Tudors admired John for standing up to his Barons because Tudors did not expect Barons to interfere with anything. Hope this was helpful xx
King John did many things to upset his people. In 1202 it was believed that John was responsible for his nephew, Arthur of Brittany's, murdered and they rebelled against him. Two years later John's army was defeated and John had no choice but retreat. To pay for the costly defeat, John increased taxes which decreased his popularity even more. In 1207 John and Pope quarreled over who should be Archbishop of Canterbury. The pope excommunicated John and put England under a church law that stated that no christening or marriage would be legal until the time the pope said that they would be. Church law said that only christened people could get to Heaven while children born out of marriage were doomed to Hell. John lost another battle to the French in 1214. This defeat resulted in England losing all her possessions in France. John was forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. This guaranteed the people of England rights that the king could not go back on. In 1216, John tried to go back on the Magna Carta but this only provoked the barons into declaring war on him.
There are some rumors that he was homosexual or bisexual, and no evidence that he had any mistresses.