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Medieval Europe was far from democratic, but that didn’t mean tyrants got a free pass

  • Written by Joelle Rollo-Koster, Professor of Medieval History, University of Rhode Island
imageRichard II became king of England when he was 10 and was deposed at 32.British Library/Wikimedia Commons

My students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos, when swords and daggers ruled, and masculinity and physical strength mattered...

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