Perhaps by this time the 14th century was not quite sane. If enlightened self-interest is the criterion of… — Barbara W. Tuchman
Perhaps by this time the 14th century was not quite sane. If enlightened self-interest is the criterion of sanity, in the verdict of Michelet, “no epoch was more naturally mad.”
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