14th Century Literary Events and Publications

Literary Events

  • The PlĂ©iade group of poets formed in Toulouse, reviving the Occitan language in literature (1323).
  • Petrarch saw Laura in Avignon, inspiring his sonnets and influencing Renaissance culture (1327).
  • Petrarch became poet laureate in Rome (1341).
  • The Peasants' Revolt in England led to the destruction of Cambridge University's library and archives (1381).

New Works

Important Works

  • Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy (c. 1308-21)
  • Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron (1353)
  • Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales (1390s)

Other Notable Works

  • Anonymous: Gesta Romanorum (c. 1300)
  • Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri: The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (early to mid-14th century)
  • Amir Khusrow: Khazain-ul-Futuh (1310), Noh-Sepehr (c. 1316-18)
  • Queen Mary Psalter (1310-1320)
  • Dante Alighieri: Quaestio de Aqua et Terra (1320)
  • William of Pagula: Oculus Sacerdotis (1320-23)
  • Ramon Muntaner: Chronicle (1328)
  • Juan Ruiz: The Book of Good Love (1330-43)
  • Richard de Bury: The Philobiblon (1345)
  • Giovanni Boccaccio: The Corbaccio (c. 1355)
  • William Langland: Piers Plowman (c. 1367)
  • John Wycliffe: Muqaddimah (Prolegomena) (1377)
  • Lady Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love (1395)

Drama

  • Li Qianfu: Circle of Chalk (Chinese, date unknown)
  • Katherine of Sutton: Adaptations of liturgical dramas (1358-76)
  • Ordinalia (Middle Cornish, late 14th century)

Births and Deaths

Births

  • Petrarch (1304)
  • Giovanni Boccaccio (1313)
  • Ibn Khaldun (1332)
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (1343)
  • Christine de Pizan (1364)

Deaths

  • Duns Scotus (1308)
  • Dante Alighieri (1321)
  • Petrarch (1374)
  • Giovanni Boccaccio (1375)
  • John Wycliffe (1384)
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (1400)