Image of An Anonymous Account of King John. John has frequently been

An Anonymous Account of King John. John has frequently been characterised as a bad king,...

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Image title: An Anonymous Account of King John. John has frequently been characterised as a bad king, even in the Middle Ages. This poem on the kings of England, traditionally attributed to John Lydgate (d. c. 1449/50), describes John's reign in negative terms. The poet also reports the story that John had been poisoned by a monk of Swineshead Abbey, and that nobody lamented his demise. This image, painted in the fifteenth century, shows John wearing a fine cloak of regal purple, red, white and blue, with pointed blue shoes; he stands above five crowns denoting his surviving children
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: John Lydgate (attributed), Verses on the kings of England to Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-71) 2nd quarter of the 15th century Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Cotton Julius E. IV, f.5
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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