“Deschamps is a scold but not an advocate of fundamental change... he is a bourgeois in sympathy, deplores injustice to the peasant... but he denounces peasants who attempt to become squires” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustache_Deschamps …
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Whew after awhistle-stop tour to the Middle Ages nadir in the 1450s and an epilogue tracing the fate of the Coucy estate into modernity, we’re finally done. Long-ass book but now I am an expert on the long 14th century++. tldr: lousy ass century. Not recommended for time travel.
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History books are always unsatisfying and don’t end cleanly. The part she rushed through in 1 chapter to stick the landing (1400-1453) is probably worth its own book. Joan of Arc, Agincourt, etc.
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