Citations:open to the four winds


 * 1994, Juliet Vale (translator), (author), A History of France II: The Royal French State: Louis XI–Henri IV, 1460–1610, Basil Blackwell Ltd, ISBN 0631170278, “Introduction: Classic Monarchy”, page 10:
 * From these German observations we can conclude that peoples who were not protected by a classic monarchy nor by a strong state with a permanent army, were frequently exposed to incursions on their territory – open to the four winds – organized by the military leaders of neighbouring monarchies.