The fall of Richard I's "Saucy Castle" to Philip Augustus in 1204 ended English rule in Normandy and forced English attention back toward domestic politics. The loss humiliated John, contributed to baronial discontent, and set in motion the political crisis that produced Magna Carta eleven years later.
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