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    The book A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman examines life in 14th century Europe through the lens of events experienced by the noble French family, the House of Coucy. The century was marked by famine, plague, and war as Europe struggled through the transition from late medieval to early Renaissance periods. Tuchman uses the experiences of the House of Coucy to illustrate the social, political, and economic turmoil of this transitional period in European history.

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    The book A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman examines life in 14th century Europe through the lens of events experienced by the noble French family, the House of Coucy. The century was marked by famine, plague, and war as Europe struggled through the transition from late medieval to early Renaissance periods. Tuchman uses the experiences of the House of Coucy to illustrate the social, political, and economic turmoil of this transitional period in European history.

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    The book A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman examines life in 14th century Europe through the lens of events experienced by the noble French family, the House of Coucy. The century was marked by famine, plague, and war as Europe struggled through the transition from late medieval to early Renaissance periods. Tuchman uses the experiences of the House of Coucy to illustrate the social, political, and economic turmoil of this transitional period in European history.

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    Tuchman, B. (1978). A Distant Mirror, the Calamitous 14th. Century. Penguin Classics. (2017).

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