Why was king john a bad king?

Question:

Why was king john a bad king?

i know that he lost land in france and that he was fotced to sign the magna carta but why is he said to be a bad king

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: His main problem was his own personality. He was quite intelligent but was also not able to get along with the nobles, both socially and also he was unable to get along with them in matters of government. King John was difficult, conniving, back-stabbing, duplicitous and prone to intrigued. This didn't work well with the people he had to cooperate with.

King John must be looked at also in terms of his youth. He was referred to as John Lack-land, because his father, Henry II, gave him no land to govern, so her always grew up with a real jealousy for his older brother Richard the Lion-hearted. Richard, however, never had children (he preferred men much more than women) and therefore when he left the country to go on Crusade, Prince John was left with a degree of power (along with his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine - who was a virtual stranger to John because she was held in prison during most of his early life) and he wanted to be totally in charge. He was the left-out one, and when he came to power he tended to abuse his power, over use it, and just make a muddle of things