"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."
Barbara W. Tuchman was an American historian and author known for narrative history. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August and Stilwell and the American Experience in China.