King John -A Martime King?
King John and the Growth of a Navy This post came about from reading 'King John -An Underrated King' by Graham E. Seel, A worthy book and very much the case for the defence as far as King John's reputation is concerned. The author credits John with establishing a 'standing navy' and Ithought that the notion of King John as a maritime king needed further consideration. In 1204 Normandy, Anjou and Maine fell to the French king, Philip Augustus . The Anglo-Norman hegemony, the range of...