To: SeekAndFind
"John was a weak king who had squandered the royal fortune on a fruitless war with France. Continually raising taxes to pay for his European adventures, he provoked a revolt by his barons"
This was not an uncommon chain of events during the Plantagenet dynasty.
To: circlecity
"John was a weak king..”
"King John was not a good man —
He had his little ways."
27 posted on
06/15/2015 12:32:04 PM PDT by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: circlecity
or even during the Bush dynasty
38 posted on
06/15/2015 2:01:46 PM PDT by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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