Status Updates From A Distant Mirror: The Cala...

I thought maybe, because of the length, that this might be a comprehensive look at the 14th century across the globe, a la Valerie Hansen's '1000', but it's definitely, ah, focused on Western Europe. Which is fine; of all the possible people to cover it in microscopic detail, Barbara Tuchman is the author to do it. She has the same wry delivery I associate with Barbara Metz. I'm not bored at all.