Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.


p. 81 - A Distant Mirror (1978)

Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes

Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.

Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.

Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.

Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.