Barbara W. Tuchman Quote

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.


p. 534 - A Distant Mirror (1978)


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...

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...

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...

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...