king john and the pope Flashcards
John becomes King after Richard dies of an arrow wound in Normandy.
1199
By this time John has lost respect of his Barons because he has lost all the land in Normandy
1204
John begins an argument with the Pope. The Pope was the Head of the Church.
1205
The Pope loses patience with John and starts punishing England (Interdict)
1208
John gets kicked out of the Church.
1209
The Barons plot to get rid of John but the plot calms down.
1212
John makes with up with the Pope, due to the fact he is scared of his Barons and the threat of an invasion by his uncle, Philip II of France.
1213
John, at a huge expense, makes one last attempt at a success in war against France. It is a huge failure. John returns to England to find his Barons have had enough.
1214
The Barons force John to sign the Magna Carta. He does and then gets the Pope to declare it illegal. The Barons march on London and begin a rebellion.
1215
John makes progress against the rebels but then Prince Louis of France, who has been invited to become King by the Barons, invades. Progress stalls and John dies in ____ , leaving his nine year old son as his heir.
1216