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For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use.

Barbara Tuchman
Technology, Purpose, Use
Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century”, p.426, Random House
For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use.