Was King John an evil king?

Other people, on the other hand, have suggested that King John was a commendable King. An extract from a textbook says, “ John made sure that justice was being done in the courts and mercy was given to widows and orphans who had done wrong.” However, the extract was written in the 1960’s whilst King John died in 1272 meaning the gap between when he died and when the extract was written is 688 years – this text isn’t very reliable. King John said, “We commit the Jews living in your city. If anyone tries to harm them always protect and help them.” As he actually said this we have reason to believe he was not as wicked as first thought.

In conclusion, I think it is right to call King John an evil King because, even though we are not certain, the evidence to say he was a good king still implies that we have good reason to believe that it was partly made up. There again nobody knows for sure whether he was an incapable king: especially evidence from when the event actually happened as people may have hated him and made it up. Thank you for reading my essay. What do you think about King John?