Richard's Response To The Ransom Of The King Of England

Some people may agree with this statement because of Richard’s ransom. The ransom showed how careless Richard was as king because of his failed attempts to disguise himself as a pilgrim. He had too much confidence in himself and wasn’t very self-aware, so thought that he would be able to get along by vaguely disguising himself but not really putting in enough effort so that it was almost certain that he wouldn’t get captured. His capture put England in a perilous situation concerning money, because of the ransom needed for his release. The amount was so high that it had taken 6 months for the people of England to raise enough money for him to be released. The tactics used to get the money were quite a few taxes on income and movables, on the …show more content…
He was very involved with his land in France and was very focused on his rivalry with Prince Philip, as he wanted as much land in France as possible, even more than the actual king of France did. Although some may say that Richard was fighting for England and was fighting crusades for the church so he could be seen as pious. However, in his ten-year reign, only 6 months of it was spent in England. It did seem as if as soon as Richard returned home, he wanted to leave again. This showed that he did not really care about England or the way things were run because he left governing in the hands of anyone he could at the time, and did not make many decisions on how England was going to be run. He did not have a real commitment to being king of England and did not seem to care what was going on or who was taking care of things, as he barely made any changes or developments. He actually decreased its development, because he demanded so many taxes for his battles, crusades, and eventually his ransom, that there wasn’t much money left for John when he became king to take care of things. Therefore, because he was not very involved in England, it shows him as a failure of a