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Who wrote "Felipe V was a neurotic, vacillating ruler, concerned with outward decorum and brave only in battle."?

  • Stanley G. Payne

  • Charles Dickens

  • Sir Winston Churchill

  • Thomas Jefferson

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The historian Stanley G. Payne wrote that Felipe V was a neurotic, vacillating ruler, concerned with outward decorum and brave only in battle. This was because he was constantly worried about his position and power, and was always trying to please others. He was also not very intelligent, and was easily manipulated by others.
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