Century Quote by Barbara Tuchman
“The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.”
“The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.”
![“The clergy [in the 14th century] on the whole were probably no more lecherous or greedy or untrustworthy than other men, but because they were supposed to be better or nearer to God than other men, their failings attracted more attention.” quote by Barbara Tuchman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/558/barbara-tuchman-3945_attention_the-clergy-in-the-14th-century-on-the-wh_159681.jpg)
