Bergin, Thomas G. Petrarch. Twayne, 1970.
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Events Timeline
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Petrarch: 20 July 1304
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Author event in Petrarch
20 July 1304
, Italian love-poet, humanist, and originator of the sonnet form, was born at Arezzo in Italy.
7 July 1307: Edward I died, and on the 20th of July his...
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7 July 1307
died, and on the 20th of July his son and heir received the homage of the English magnates as
.
Giovanni Boccaccio: June or July 1313
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Author event in Giovanni Boccaccio
June or July 1313
, Italian novelist, was born at either Florence or Certaldo in Italy, the elder of two sons.
From about 1314 to 1321: Dante Alighieri composed, for circulation...
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From about 1314 to 1321
composed, for circulation in manuscript, his religious allegory La divina commedia, comprising the Inferno, Purgatorio, and the Paradiso.
23-24 June 1314: The English attempt to conquer Scotland was...
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23-24 June 1314
The English attempt to conquer Scotland was fought off by Scottish forces under
at the Battle of Bannockburn near Stirling.
Dante Alighieri: 13 or 14 September 1321
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Author event in Dante Alighieri
13 or 14 September 1321
, Italian poet of La divina commedia, died at Ravenna during the night between these two days.
1330: Margaret Wake, Countess of Kent, was accused...
1330
, was accused of writing a treasonable letter—in her own hand.
18 January 1341: Queen's College, Oxford, was founded; it...
18 January 1341
, Oxford, was founded; it was originally named Quene Hall.
The founding date is also given as 18 January 1340, according to Old Style, which continued the old year until 25 March.
Petrarch: Easter Day 1341
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Author event in Petrarch
Easter Day 1341
, on a visit to Italy while he was still resident in Avignon, was crowned with laurel as poet laureate on the Capitoline in Rome.
Julian of Norwich: January 1343
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Author event in Julian of Norwich
January 1343
The future
was born, perhaps in East Anglia, perhaps in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire.
She says she was thirty years and a half when she had the illness in which she...
Geoffrey Chaucer: About 1345
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Author event in Geoffrey Chaucer
About 1345
, diplomat and poet, was born in Upper Thames Street, London.
Petrarch: June 1345
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Author event in Petrarch
June 1345
contributed importantly to the revival of learning when in the chapter library of Verona he discovered a manuscript containing letters by
, whose text had been lost for centuries.
26 August 1346: The battle of Crécy, an English victory over...
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26 August 1346
The battle of Crécy, an English victory over France, not only demonstrated the superior technology of the longbow, but also arguably proved that the armed knight on horseback was obsolete.
29 September 1348: The first outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain...
29 September 1348
The first outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain (later called the Black Death) reached London.
1349: At the height of the first outbreak of bubonic...
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1349
At the height of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, which decimated the population and severely impaired the labour force, the Statute of Labourers bound a labourer to serve under anyone requiring his...
About 1349-1351: Giovanni Boccaccio worked at his cycle of...
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About 1349-1351
worked at his cycle of tales entitled (from the fact that the stories are told over the course of ten days) the Decameron. It was first translated into English in 1620.
1349: Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch), Italian father...
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1349
Francesco Petrarca (
), Italian father of the sonnet, circulated in manuscript his Canzoniere or Rime sparse or Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta, which include his most famous love poems to Laura (who, he wrote, had recently died).
: The Statute of Labourers ordered both men...
Spring 1351
The Statute of Labourers ordered both men and women to work at the same rates which had been current before the plague; it also limited the mobility of labourers.
Between 1355 and 1366: The first surviving road-map of Great Britain,...
Between 1355 and 1366
The first surviving road-map of Great Britain, now known as the Gough Map after the antiquarian
, was produced.
15 March 1358: The election of Katherine Sutton as Abbess...
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15 March 1358
The election of
as Abbess of the powerful Abbey of Barking in Essex received royal assent. During her almost twenty years as abbess (until 1376) she apparently instituted a unique or unusual Easter...
Christine de Pisan: 1364
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Christine de Pisan: 1368
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Author event in Christine de Pisan
1368
The child
and her mother joined her astrologer father in Paris, at the court of
.
1371: Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry began work on...
1371
began work on The Book of the Knight of the Tower, which later became the first book on the education of women to circulate in England.
1372-1386: Geoffrey Chaucer circulated in manuscript...
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1372-1386
circulated in manuscript his unfinished Legende of Good Women.
Margery Kempe: About 1373
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Author event in Margery Kempe
About 1373
Margery Brunham (later
) was born in Lynn in Norfolk (later called King's Lynn).