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Chronology of Political and Literary Events
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1301 1302 1304–05 1305-78 1307 1309 1311 1312 c1312–13 1314 1315–17 1322 1324 1326 1327 c1330 1333 c1333 1337 1338 1340 c1340–50 c1343 1346 1347 1348–49 1349 1351 1352 c1352–53 1353 1355 1356 1356–57 1358 1360 1361-62 1363 1365 1366 1368–74 1369-70 1372 1373 1375 1376 1377 1377–81 1378 1379 c1379 1380–81 1381 1381–85 1382 c1382 1383 1384 c1384 1386 1387 c1387 1387–88 c1387–90 1388 c1388 c1389? 1389–90 1390 c1390 c1390–95 1391–93 1392 1393 1394 1394–95 c1395 1395–96 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 c1400 1400–16 1401 c1401 1402 1403 1403–06 1405 c1405? 1405–10 1406 1408 1409 1409–15 1410 c1410 1411 1413 1414 1414–17 1415 1417 1420 1422 1428 1429 1431 1436–37 c1439 1444 1447 1450 c1450 1461 1463 1470–71 1479 1481 1483 1485 1489 c1490 |
Giles of Rome's De ecclesiastica potestate (On Ecclesiastical Power) Boniface VIII's bull Unam sanctam (temporal power subject to ecclesiastical) Articles of Trailbaston Babylonian captivity (Papacy moves to Avignon) Accession of Edward II Battle of Loudon Hill (Robert Bruce of Scotland defeats the English) Beginning of Avignon papacy Lords Ordainers challenge Edward II Execution of Piers Gaveston Dante's De monarchia (On Monarchy) Scots defeat the English at Bannockburn Famines in Europe Statute of York (Commons recognized as essential part of government) Thomas of Lancaster and Contrariants defeated at battle of Boroughbridge Rise of the Despensers Marsilius of Padua's Defensor pacis (Defender of Peace) Queen Isabella invades England against Edward II Accession of Edward III Urban unrest at St. Albans, Dunstable, and elsewhere Birth of John Gower Auchinleck MS (The Simonie) Harley MS 2253 (Erceldoune's Prophecy; Song of the Husbandman) Battle of Halidon Hill (Edward III defeats the Scots) Laurence Minot's Halidon Hill Beginning of Hundred Years' War Walton Ordinances (call for annual record of state of treasury) English defeat the French at Sluys in naval battle Birth of John of Gaunt, Earl of Richmond (later Duke of Lancaster) Ercyldoun's Prophecy Birth of Chaucer English defeat the French at Crécy English defeat the Scots at Neville's Cross; take David II of Scotland prisoner Black Plague in Europe, including England English Ordinance of Laborers First Statute of Laborers First Statute of Provisors (allowing English crown patronage in ecclesiastical preferment) Second Statute of Laborers Peter Ceffons of Clairvaux's Epistola Luciferi ad cleros Wynnere and Wastoure First Statute of Praemunire (antipapal statute) Riots at Oxford (St. Scholastica's Day) Black Prince and English defeat French at Poitiers, capture French king John FitzRalph's antifraternal sermons at St. Paul's Cross Jacquerie revolt in France Treaty of Brétigny (Truce between England and France: Edward abandons claim on French crown) Severe outbreak of plague in England (Mortalité des Enfants) Sumptuary laws (restricts clothing according to class) Second Statute of Praemunire Birth of Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby Piers Plowman A-text Severe plague years. Death of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster English naval defeat off La Rochelle John of Gaunt leads unsuccessful chevauchée (raid) from Calais to Bordeaux John Barbour's The Bruce Death of Edward, the Black Prince Good Parliament at Westminster Death of Edward III; accession of Richard II Pope Gregory XI issues bulls attacking Wyclif's writings Courtenay summons Wyclif; Gaunt's Savoy Palace sacked by London mob French attack and burn Rye and Gravesend First poll tax Piers Plowman B-text Beginning of Great Schism (Pope in Rome, Antipope in Avignon) Gloucester Parliament Second poll tax Wyclif's De Eucharistia Third poll tax Peasants' Revolt Man Be War and Be No Fool Letters of John Ball Piers Plowman C-text ``Earthquake'' Council at Blackfriars: Wyclif's doctrines condemned John Gower's Vox Clamantis completed, with prologue on Peasants' Revolt Preste, Ne Monke, Ne Yit Chanoun; Of Thes Frer Mynours Bishop of Norwich's Flemish crusade Death of Wyclif Fifty Heresies and Errors of the Friars (Wycliffite) Wonderful Parliament: impeached the chancellor, the Earl of Suffolk, and the speaker, Michael de la Pole Battle of Radcott Bridge: Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Richard II's favorite, forced to flee to France by rebel lords John Trevisa's translation of Higden's Polychronicon Lords Appellant challenge Richard II General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales Merciless Parliament: Sir Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Sir Nicholas Brembre, and Thomas Usk executed Battle of Otterburn (Scots defeat the English) Third Statute of Laborers Thomas Wimbledon's sermon Redde rationem villicationis tue at St. Paul's When Rome Is Removed (The Second Scottish Prophecy) Opus arduum (Lollard commentary on the Apocalypse) Statute of Livery and Maintenance Statute of Provisors Earlier version of Wycliffite Bible completed Chaucer's ecclesiastical satires written (Friar's Tale, Summoner's Tale) Jack Upland William Woodford's response to Jack Upland (Responsiones ad quaes-tiones LXV) Trial of Walter Brut, Lollard sympathizer, before Bishop Trefnant Richard II's quarrel with Londoners Great Statute of Praemunire Rising in Cheshire Hilary Parliament (quarrel between Gloucester and Arundel) Richard II's expedition to Ireland Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards (Lollard manifesto) Piers the Plowman's Crede The Layman's Complaint and The Friar's Answer Later version of the Wycliffite Bible completed General Prologue of the Wycliffite Bible Richard II marries Isabella of France Arrest and execution of Arundel; murder of Gloucester; banishment of Warwick Shrewsbury Parliament (accedes to king's wishes) Judicial Duel at Coventry: Hereford versus Norfolk; Henry of Derby banished for ten years Death of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster Henry of Derby's banishment extended to life; Lancastrian estates confiscated Richard's second Irish expedition Henry of Derby, now Duke of Lancaster, returns from France Deposition of Richard II; beginning of Lancastrian rule John Gower attaches the Tripartite Chronicle to Vox Clamantis Death of Richard II Death of Chaucer The Plowman's Tale Richard the Redeless Ther Is a Busch That Is Forgrowe (On King Richard's ministers) John Gower's In Praise of Peace Welsh rebellion under Owen Glendower De haeretico comburendo (On the Burning of Heretics) William Sawtry executed for heresy Richard Ullerston's tract on biblical translation into vernacular Truthe, Reste, and Pes (What Profits a Kingdom) Battle of Homildon Hill: Henry Hotspur defeats the Scots Death of John Trevisa Battle of Shrewsbury Mum and the Sothsegger Revolt of Northumberland Percies fails; Archbishop Scrope executed Hengwrt MS of The Canterbury Tales London Lickpenny Dives and Pauper James I of Scotland taken prisoner Death of John Gower Arundel's Constitutions The Lanterne of Light John Badby executed for heresy John Huss defends Wyclif; excommunicated Presentation of Lollard Disendowment Bill Ellesmere MS of The Canterbury Tales Wyclif's books burned at Carfax Oxford purged of Lollardy Death of Henry IV; accession of Henry V Trial of Sir John Oldcastle for Lollard heresy Oldcastle's rebellion fails Council of Constance Alien priories suppressed Lo, He That Can Be Cristes Clerc (Defend Us From All Lollardy) Earl of Cambridge's anti-Lancastrian plot fails English defeat French at Agincourt Huss burned at the stake John Claydon burned as heretic Hoccleve's Address to Oldcastle End of Great Schism Oldcastle captured and executed Treaty of Troyes (Henry V recognized as heir of France) Henry V marries Catherine of Valois Death of Henry V; accession of Henry VI Arrest of Lollards in Kent Joan of Arc and the siege of Orleans Henry VI crowned king of France (Paris) Revolt at Abingdon Joan of Arc burned at Rouen Libel of English Policy Fasciculi zizaniorum (MS Bodleian Library e Musaeo 86): anti-Lollard documents Peace negotiations with France Death of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester Cade's Rebellion Loss of Normandy God Speed the Plough Reginald Pecock's Repressor of Over Much Blaming the Clergy (anti-Lollard) Henry VI cedes Berwick to the Scots Succession of Edward IV Truce with Scotland Readeption of Henry VI Plague throughout England War with Scotland Death of Edward IV; succession of Edward V; usurpation of Richard III Battle of Bosworth Field Succession of Henry VII Tax revolt in Yorkshire Freers, Freers, Wo Ye Be |
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