Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but… — Barbara W. Tuchman

Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a modern view of the malfunction common to 14th century rulers: inability to inhibit impulse.

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