Reluctant Rights

John Lackland was called Lackland because he was the youngest son of King Henry II; he was not expected to inherit any land. He became the King anyway. When John got mad the servants and goats would scramble as King John would thrash on the floor and angrily nibbles on the expensive Italian rugs. John was an evil king who was also a tyrant and a murderer. Robin Hood waged secret war against him by stealing from the rich people who worked for the King such as the Sheriff and the Barons and giving to the poor.

 

King John had dramatically vowed to bring back just laws as a show of fake affection for his people, though he really did not care for them. The Magna Charta was a document reluctantly signed by King John giving the Barons certain rights. When King John read the Magna Charta he did not like it, not one bit, because a group of twenty one Barons could courageously overrule the king. The Barons and the Archbishop plotted against him and threatened him with an army until he finally signed it.