The Battle of Bouvines
On 27 July 1214 the forces of the French king Philip II crushed an army composed of Imperial, English, and Flemish soldiers under the leadership of Otto IV of Germany,...
London Bridge is Burning Down…
Once upon a time, London looked like a city built by the two dumbest of the three little pigs: it was essentially a place of sticks and straw. To be...
Death of a Lion
After spending almost all of his adult life at war and then taking an arrow to the shoulder, King Richard I (the Lionhearted) died on April 6, 1199, leaving his...
Farewell, King John
As all good things must come to an end, so must bad things. On October 19, 1216, the fairly unsuccessful reign of King John, one of the most vilified monarchs...
The Great Charter
On June 15, 1215, King John of England put his seal to the Magna Carta in the meadow at Runnymede, after months of negotiations with his rebellious barons. The Magna...
Death of a King
On April 6, 1199, King Richard I of England, best known as “Richard the Lionhearted,” died of an arrow wound in France, leaving his brother, John, King of England. Richard...