it appears in years past in Europe many people did not move out of their village,
and if you
have ever wondered why in the UK we have never had a King John II,
this is the reason, King John of England was nicknamed John
Lackland/Softsword, he is considered one of the least successful monarchs
of England (which is why there has not yet been a John II), when his
brother Richard the Lionheart died in 1199, John inherited a powerful Angevin
empire, within a few years, he was completely driven out of Normandy by the
French, and would soon be facing upheaval in England, by the end of his reign,
John had signed the Magna Carta (1215) which stripped him of many of his royal
powers, his lack of military success earned him the nickname ‘softsword’ from
English chroniclers, years before he became king, however, John’s own father
Henry II gave him the nickname ‘Lackland’ when he realized this son would not
be getting much of an inheritance compared to his older brothers, for a few
more worst nicknames for medieval rulers have a look here.
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