Barbara Tuchman Quotes about Church

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Woman was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy.

Woman was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy.

Women, Church, Devil

That the Jews were unholy was a belief so ingrained by the Church [by the 14th century] that the most devout persons were the harshest in their antipathy, none more so than St. Louis.

Barbara Tuchman

Church, Belief, Century

Barbara Tuchman (2017). “A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century”, p.71, Penguin UK

The Church [in the 14th century] gave ceremony and dignity to lives that had little of either. It was the source of beauty and art to which all had some access and which many helped to create.

Barbara Tuchman

Art, Church, Littles

Barbara Tuchman (2017). “A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century”, p.63, Penguin UK