He said Robert of Gloucester described a message from the King of Germany to King John of England as "altogether not worth a bean."

格洛斯特市的罗伯特称德国国王带给英国约翰王的消息完全一文不值。

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It was a shook to you to find that England has not been ruled by sovereigns since 1215, since the reign of King John.

当你发现英国自从1215年起都不是被君主控制的话会让你震惊，自从约翰王朝以来就是如此。

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Their common ancestor is John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and son of the 14th-century King Edward III of England.

他们共同的祖先是14世纪英国国王爱德华三世的儿子兰开斯特公爵约翰·冈特。

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He said Robert of Gloucester described a message from the King of Germany to King John of England as altogether not worth a bean.

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Pope Gregory VII may have humiliated the Emperor Henry IV, as Innocent III later humiliated Philip Augustus of France and King John of England.

ECONOMIST: Medieval history

The Magna Carta, viewed by many as a precursor to the rights we now take for granted, was pried from King John of England literally at the point of a sword.

FORBES: American Political Economy Alters English Language

The inscription covers the four surviving copies of the version of Magna Carta forced on King John by the Barons of England at Runnymede in June 1215.

UNESCO: Magna Carta Awarded Memory of the World Status