What are the main points in King John's rule in England?Just to help revise for exams!

King John is widely considered the most unfortunate and
unsuccessful King in the history of the British Isles, so much so that no king since his
time has taken that name. He was the son of Henry II, and usurped the throne while his
brother, the rightful king, Richard I (Couer de Lion) was away on Crusade. John's
relations with the Pope were so bad that he was forced to become the Pope's vassal and
declare all of England the Pope's personal fief to prevent the entire kingdom from being
placed under interdict. The most remarkable event in his life was of course when the
nobles met him at Runnymede, and forced him to sign the Great Charter (Magna Carta)
which made the King subject to English law, and forever prevented the possibility of
England becoming an absolute monarchy. In his dying moments, John took holy orders so
that he could die a monk, a curiously Russian habit.