Was King John really such a bad king? (Short Animated Documentary)

King John is often considered to be one of, if not, the worst king of England and by extension Britain. His reign is seen as one of embarrassment, cruelty, political crises and military failure but just how much was all of this really John's own fault and how much of it was down to circumstance? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my Patreon subscribers: Rikspuckot SirJoe Myller MajesticFirebird Scott W robert lalonde Steven B Brendan W CharÉTS Justin Kubusch Michael Kram Leonard Frank Cippalippus Thomas Halter Sean Long Mik Scheper Ted Parsons Johann_Gambolputty_of_Ulm LambOfLeg David J. Bever Joel Wasserman Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Leland Nathan Ngumi Graham London Juan Castillo Robert Brockway John Orr Nuukov Wolf erez87 Roko Lisica Bartosz Zasada Tristan Kreller Matt Busch Andreas Mosand Oriki JT96 Valentyn Larz Welo Kevin Neuhaus Colm Byrne Hidamarisou - Webnovel translations Donald Weaver Glassford Global Mario Peshev Joell Bel Yosef Waysman blei95 Adam Probert Nolan Peale Sean Uzar Jason Vandeventer Ron Johnson Jonny Minogue Joseph Reinsch Matt Reed BattleGoat Studios Shauna K Tino Bobby Koys Benjamin Herson Templar366 C. C. C. Hexapuma Moraxian Justin Short Juan Benet Charles Kwiatkowski Warren Rudkin Mark Littlehale Robert Meehan Zachary Harrison Wiener T'Kotsl Mario Mejia Hiro P Kevin Phoenix Andrew Patane Joseph Hutchins Ruben Rodriguez harmony Tactical_Jackal Joshportunities Chris Weisel Carr Nyuli Contdoko12 William Adderholdt Allen Rines Mars Project SketerK Tim Stone Bren Ehnebuske T. c. north Rob Rollins Jesse Plung Pongo ContraryPython Sean D. Tony Belmonte Brian Giordano Duane Bridges ARandomPaperClip Andrew Sever Jack Beckman Peter Hopkins Mark Ploegstra Joshua Schneider Rosebird Hapalochlaena Lunulata Burt Clothier Steve Schroeder Scriptmonkeys Blue Cardinal No way Dullis Colin Cecil twang Nathan Snyder Philip Yip Ali Sadighian Mr.Myoozik Ciege Engine ThePalestRose george tyler Kaiserrin Yared Cristiano Hunter Bayliss Zachary Pascalar D. Mahlik Alexander Kirk Leena Al-Souki Damon Tranier Bocaj Tim Stumbaugh James tegsirat Ned Burke Ted Ingram Anthony McCann Garrett Manarin Will Sullivan Jane Sumpter A. J. Richard Wolfe Olive! Carl Blanton Joseph Kerckhoff Ian M blaZzinG_FurY Angel Aguiñaga George Caponera David Hilbert's Entscheidungsproblem Shakira Patty Culp Afghanistan Jacob Zachs Chris PeBenito lesser_sam William Maywood alexccg Beth Resta Peter Marino Matthew Toles Jamie van Brewen Lord Chromium Rabbi Rob Thomas Nick Macarius Tim Sweeney Alex G. Liquid Chief khaki enthusiast The Funks BenDrums24 David Spellmeyer Miky Hidalgo Morriss Charles Doolittle Random Insanity WolfiZee Seth Reeves Erik Hare Ben Jambor Ethan Harlow Tom Ebert John Gross-Whitaker Jonathan Niehaus Serius_Loyola Dr. Sarno YugiJitsu Games The Luminariian Ryan Sethars NazGuul Jasmin Vikk Evelyn ConspiracyPizza DefinitelyNattox Tom Langan ChrisC1966 Sunset Awesome Hatter24 Frankin D. Roosevelt tadhg Defender Deep Brewed Flavour Binero Brendan Drake Edward Harding Shalin S Eclipse Davion João Santos Kasi Tommi Hewitt Hazzard Noogie Jan Bart Verbist M Scho Jackarice26 Vladislav Vasilev Kameohawk Schwarzer Hai Lewis Kobrak TradeFloorMonster Phil Johnston Tarsirrus Ben L Twinny Hill Ash Elford zemnmez Rhys Little KingKyumber James Rhys Jackson