Was watching John Rhys-Davies as Richard I on the old BBC ROBIN HOOD series again the other day, probably the most accurate representation of the man.
Got me to thinking, what if he was only wounded in Normandy and John doesn't become king (perhaps later, perhaps never at all)?This means the Magna Carta isn't written (at least not yet). What are the butterflies coming from this?
Personally, I've never felt the Magna Carta was the start of democracy. It wasn't really a step forward, more a step to the side as power went from the king not to the people but back to the nobles whose abuse of it in the first place is what caused Henry to clamp down on them.