The Magna Carta
In Our Time
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The Loss of Normandy in 1214
In 1204, it's the loss of Normandy in 1204, which meant that John is now confined to England. Nick said he's on everyone's doorstep. And he's in the business of much governing England to raise gigantic sums of money to get Normandy back. In 1215, the bands took drastic action. They took London, the great 45-city London,. Can you tell us why they did that and how they did it? You would have thought that John would have defended it to the last one. I think the arbitrary treatment of individuals comes out of this flawed personality.
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