According to Sellar and Yeatman in 1066 and All That, the true bible of English history, King John was a Bad (to be exact, an Awful) King. Shakespeare had quite an interest in Bad Kings - Richards II and III were also subjected to his selective dramatist's forensics, and like Sellar and Yeatman he only remember the bits he wanted to remember, and then partially.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:28PM on May 20, 2016