List of Illustrations

  1.  Torture during the time of King John. Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. MS 16, f.48v.

  2.  Château Gaillard and the Isle of Andely today. Robert Harding Picture Library/John Miller.

  3.  Château Gaillard and the Isle of Andely, 1203–4. Public Domain.

  4.  Tomb effigy of Henry II. akg-images/Erich Lessing.

  5.  Tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine. akg-images/Erich Lessing.

  6.  Tomb effigy of William Marshal. Temple Church, London, UK/Bridgeman Images.

  7.  Tomb effigy of Richard I. © Lessing Archive/British Library Board.

  8.  Chamber inside Dover Castle. Alamy/Steve Vidler.

  9.  Carrickfergus Castle. Alamy/Robert Mayne.

10.  Corfe Castle. Robert Harding Picture Library/Last Refuge.

11.  Runnymede. Heritage Images/Getty Images.

12.  Seal-die of Robert fitz Walter. © The Trustees of the British Museum.

13.  Great seal of King John. Reproduced by permission of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College.

14.  Rochester Castle. Robert Harding Picture Library/Wojtek Buss.

15.  Medieval warfare. Ms M 638 f.10v Joshua, from the Morgan Picture Bible, c. 1244–54 (vellum), French School, (13th century)/Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, USA/Bridgeman Images.

16.  Tomb effigy of King John. Mary Evans Picture Library/Bill Meadows.

17.  King John’s tomb. JTB Photo/UIG/Getty Images.