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The story of King John is told from his birth to his death, in between being his struggle in accepting to sign Magna Carta. Danziger and
Gilingham go at length to explain the reasons that caused him to be spoiled as a child, that is, being neglected as a child. This led to his tyrannous rule as King
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is a work of creative non-fiction, a method of writing which is rarely used in writing a historical text. The book goes into detail about life in the Middle Ages, specifically in the year 1215. The book begins by explaining the everyday life of someone of royalty, then of the average peasant. It
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The book ends with the reasons for the writing of Magna Carta. This includes the problems faced by the women and children of
Medieval England who had hardly any rights, and how knights were duty-bound to protect them. There is an entire section that explains the myths regarding the writing and
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continues to describe the life of a common scholar, where studies in the medical field were greatly encouraged to students who had failed at studying philosophy. While Oxford and
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Critic Robert Heydt felt that the book is deceptive in its title as only "the final two chapters deal at length with the history and myth of the Great
Charter, and the book includes the complete text of the document." Another critic, Wesley Burnett felt that the book is a clever historical
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are intertwined with everyday events. For example, the chapter entitled "Family Strife" begins with the quotation from clause 62 of Magna Carta: "We have completely remitted and pardoned to all any ill will, grudge and rancor that have arisen between us and our subjects."
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section goes on to explain women's education, which ended for them at age fifteen. After
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