It has been said that he was merely destructive.
Perhaps so.
But he was destructive in an age when there was a great and crying need for a social wrecking crew, headed by just such people as Erasmus and Rabelais.
That many of the new buildings were going to be just as uncomfortable and ugly as the old ones which they were supposed to replace was something which no one was able to foresee.
And, anyway, that was the fault of the next generation.
They are the people we ought to blame.
They were given a chance such as few people ever enjoyed to make a fresh start.
May the Lord have mercy upon their souls for the way in which they neglected their opportunities.