My article “King John and Magna Carta in Popular Culture” has been published on the website for the Magna Carta 2015 Canada touring exhibition. In this piece, I look at how King John has developed as one of history’s great villain’s from Shakespeare’s play King John to Sir Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe to the Robin Hood films of the past hundred years. Magna Carta has also inspired writers and musicians over the centuries.
Click here to read the full King John and Magna Carta in Popular Culture article on the Magna Carta 2015 Canada website.