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Richard II impulsive abuses actions against his own nobles led to his own demise. Also he may have been neurotic by the issues of his time. The peasants revolt, the lollard heresies, lawless bandits throughout his kingdom.

Charles VI’s wife Isabaeu of Bavaria took full advantage of his madness and essentially lived as extravagantly and decadently as possible. Looting Charles’s estates and putting them into her own german family’s hands, being a glutton and dying obese. She favored the crown of Henry V over her own son for France. Insane decadence and abuse of government

When King Charles of France started becoming mad for the last 20 years of his life starting in the 1390s, it led to all sorts of investigations and interest in remedies, which also gave more public attention on sorcery and the occult and eventually condemning of witches. One thing leads to another.

European powers seek peace between England and France in the late century but England absolutely refuses to give up the Port of Calais and they complain that the French use over flowery and complex language, whereas the English are more direct and to the point in their speech, even though both parties technically are speaking French since the English nobles are of Norman stock.

European powers seek peace between England and France in the late century but England absolutely refuses to give up the Port of Calais and they complain that the French use over flowery and complex language, whereas the English are more direct and to the point in their speech, even though both parties technically are speaking French since the English nobles are of Norman stock.

While the population of europe dropped 40-50% between 1300-1400, there was pros and cons for the survivors. There were less people to repair and maintain infrastructure and buildings of society, but people had more food and more money circulating. Its like living well enough in a world leftover that was way larger than now.

Decadent fashions in one court: men curling their hair, pointing their beards into two points, women putting huge elaborate shells over their ears so that they had to turn sideways to enter doors. Interesting.