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The 14th century lasted from 1 January 1301 (represented by the Roman numerals MCCCI) to 31 December 1400 (MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed the death of more than 45 million lives from political and natural disasters in both Europe and the Mongol Empire. [1] [2] West Africa experienced economic growth and prosperity.
Petrarch (1304-1374). 1323 – The name Pléiade is adopted by a group of fourteen poets (seven men and seven women) in Toulouse.; 1324: 3 May (Holy Cross Day) – The Consistori del Gay Saber, founded the previous year in Toulouse to revive and perpetuate the lyric poetry of the Old Occitan troubadors, holds its first contest.
A musician plays the vielle in a 14th-century Medieval manuscript. Music was an important part of both secular and spiritual culture, and in the universities, it made up part of the quadrivium of the liberal arts. [167] From the early 13th century, the dominant sacred musical form had been the motet, a composition with text in several parts. [168]
There were some popular uprisings in Europe before the 14th century, but these were local in scope, for example uprisings at a manor house against an unpleasant overlord. This changed in the 14th and 15th centuries when new downward pressures on the poor [clarification needed] resulted in mass movements and popular uprisings across Europe. To ...
This is a list of state leaders in the 14th century (1301–1400) AD, except for the many leaders within the Holy Roman Empire. Africa. Africa: Central. Angola ...
A narrow belt is worn around the hips. Detail of the Altarpiece of St. Vincent, Catalonia, late 14th century. Huntsman wears side-lacing boots, late 14th century. Man walking in a brisk wind wears a chaperon that has been caught by a gust. He wears a belt pouch and carries a walking stick, late 14th century. From the Tacuinum Sanitatis.
14th-century Scottish clan battles (6 P) 14th-century crusades (4 C, 10 P) 14th-century people by conflict (7 C) 0–9. 1300s conflicts (11 C, 9 P) 1310s conflicts ...
Fiction set in the 14th century (20 C, 2 P) H. 14th century in health (3 C) L. 14th century in law (19 C, 3 P) 14th century-related lists (1 C, 2 P) M.