TEXT HISTORY
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WORLD HISTORY
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1304
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Petrarch is born in Italy. Along with Dante, he would come to be known as one of the "Fathers of the Renaissance."
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1315-1317
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The Great Famine spreads across Europe and kills millions. This period is marked by tremendous levels of criminal activity, disease, poor weather, and cannibalism for survival.
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1320
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John Wycliffe is born in Yorkshire, England.
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1321
Dante's Divine Comedy is completed as a famed masterpiece of literature. |
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1330
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Petrarch coins the term "Dark Ages" as a reference to the period of the preceding 900 years and the abscence of a major empire in control.
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1341-1351
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The Black Plague sweeps through Europe killing more than a third of the population. Most victims would die within four to seven days of receiving the virus.
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1378
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The Western Schism of the church begins.
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1380
The Wycliffe Bible first appeared as a means to get the "Bible to the people." |
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Though famed for being the first to translate the Word of God into Middle English and thus sparking a much later Wycliffe Foundation for translation of Biblical text, Wycliffe's original work was built from the Latin Vulgate moreso than the original languages.
1394
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Expulsion of the Jews from France.
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