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The book is confined to the 14th century in England, with passing references to the Continent. Mortimer goes into details about food, clothing, building materials, the layout of houses, but also covers things like laws, customs, travel, entertainment. It is ground-breaking in historical literature in that it is written entirely in the present ...
The flag of the European Union previously held this special status but this was revoked and instead granted to the flags of the NHS on 24 March 2021, owing to heightened advocacy for the latter institution brought about by the COVID-19 Pandemic and following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
14th-century history books (51 P) N. 14th-century novels (1 C, 3 P) ... British Library, Add MS 29987; C. Cançoner Gil; Cançoneret de Ripoll; General Prologue; Il ...
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The ideal of chivalry continued to develop throughout the 14th century, reflected in the growth of knightly orders (including the Order of the Garter), grand tournaments and round table events. [121] Society and government in England in the early 14th century were challenged by the Great Famine and the Black Death. [122]
Amongst the manuscripts transferred by the British Government to the R.I.A. in 1883 was 'Manuscript C' of The Annals of the Four Masters, one of the four original manuscript volumes of that famous history of Ireland. [3] The 1085 Stowe manuscripts at the British Library continue to be catalogued as a separate, closed, collection.
1283 Death of Dafydd ap Gruffydd; English conquest of Wales; 1287 Revolt of Rhys ap Maredudd in Wales; 1290 The second Statutes of Mortmain was passed (also known as Quia Emptores) 1294 Welsh revolt of 1294–95 of Madog ap Llywelyn in Wales; 1297 William Wallace and the Scots defeat the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge
Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood, fresco on canvas by Paolo Uccello (1436). The White Company (Italian: Compagnia Bianca del Falco) was a 14th-century English mercenary Free company (Italian: Compagnia di ventura), led from its arrival in Italy in 1361 to 1363 by the German Albert Sterz and later by the Englishman John Hawkwood.