Yes he was "evil" but he was evil because first of all he violated nearly every principle of justice his father had created and his father is King Richard (Richard The Lion Hearted) Also king john...
Some of the reasons King John of England was thought to be a poor ruler: 1) After consenting to 'Magna Carta' he refused to comply to it's terms.2) He instituted a tax on soldiers, collected prior to...
John wasn't a bad king... he just wasn't the best off 'em all! He made everyone pay extremely high taxes and chucked all of the monks out, including the blind and crippled. John fell out with the...