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In *A Distant Mirror*, historian Barbara Tuchman offers a detailed study of the tumultuous 14th century, chronicling the Hundred Years' War, the collapse of medieval institutions, and the spread of plague. She explores how nobles like Enguerrand de Coucy leveraged courtly opulence while exploiting peasantry, and she considers how the era's disasters prompted widespread questioning of divine justice and societal order.
First publish date: 1978
Genre: History/Medieval History
Authors: Barbara Tuchman
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