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    BARONS’ WARS

    Jan 23, 2020 2 minutes

    FIRST BARONS’ WAR

    1215

    MAGNA CARTA SPARKS WAR

    When King John refuses to accept and abide by the terms of Magna Carta, rebellious Anglo-Norman barons revoke their fealty to him. They invite Prince Louis of France to invade England and take the English throne. John flees and Louis is proclaimed king at St Paul’s Cathedral, London.

    October-December 1215

    01 SIEGE OF ROCHESTER

    John besieges Rochester Castle against a garrison of rebel knights. The fortress is stoutly defended even after the

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