A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman

The disappearance rate of noble families has been estimated at 50 percent a century, and the average duration of a dynasty at three to six generations over a period from 100 to 200 years.

Ce sera sans doute d'intérêt de voir si ça tient pour les dynasties modernes

Which is worst: murder, robbery, or assault? None of these; sodomy is the worst.

Nice!