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Chronicon Anglicanum
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99After Archbishop Hubert Walter’s death in 1205 and the rejection of other nominees to the see of Canterbury, the monks o...
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Dialogue of the Exchequer
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99Richard fitz Nigel (1130-98), Bishop of Ely and author of The Dialogue of the Exchequer, has been described as a model c...
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Gerald of Wales's The Conquest of Ireland
Manuscript Created date: c.1196 -1223John first experienced warfare in 1185 when, aged just 17, he was sent by his father, King Henry II (r. 1154–89) on an u...
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Murder of Prince Arthur in Chronicle of Margam Abb...
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99The murder of King John’s nephew, Prince Arthur (1187–1203) had far-reaching consequences, since it led indirectly to th...
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Portrait of King John from Matthew Paris's Histori...
Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1200-99One of the most significant works by Matthew Paris (1200–59), author, illuminator and monk of St Albans Abbey, is the Hi...
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The poisoning of King John and coronation of King...
Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1200-99King John was taken ill in October 1216, having suffered an attack of dysentery, and he died at Newark, Nottinghamshire,...
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The siege of Lincoln Castle and battle of Sandwich
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99At the time of King John’s death, England had descended into civil war. Following the papal annulment of Magna Carta, th...
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The Unknown Charter
Manuscript, Charter Created date: 1200-99Throughout the winter of 1214–15, means were sought to restrain the king and to preserve the peace. At some point, perha...
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Verse account of Magna Carta in the Chronicle of M...
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99One of the earliest accounts of the settlement reached at Runnymede is found in the Chronicle of Melrose Abbey. Melrose...
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