his absolutism and death, [305].
John, accession of, [48];
early taxation, [49-50];
his scutages, [50-52];
break with the pope, [51];
antagonism of the clergy, [55];
his death, [72].
King, Anglo-Saxon, personal leader and lord of national land, [3-4];
his sources of income, [3-5].
Knights of the shire, summoned to Parliament by Simon de Montfort and Henry III, [99-100];