Using contemporary images and historical sites, Professor Robert Bartlett tells the story of the succession of King John in 1199. He gives a brutal contemporary account of John’s alleged murder ...

King John was king of England from 1199 to 1216. He is often remembered as a cruel and power-hungry king whose reign ended in the middle of a disastrous civil war with the barons of England.

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist ...