King John of England

1166 – 1216

His fiscal-military failures provoked Magna Carta, a settlement later transformed into a global symbol of lawful limits on government.

• 1166–1216

  His fiscal-military failures provoked Magna Carta, a settlement later transformed into a global symbol of lawful limits on government

  His fiscal-military failures provoked Magna Carta, a settlement later transformed into a global symbol of lawful limits on government.