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A 14th-century example of the difficulty that minims produced is: mimi numinum niuium minimi munium nimium uini muniminum imminui uiui minimum uolunt ("the smallest mimes of the gods of snow do not wish at all in their life that the great duty of the defenses of wine be diminished"). In blackletter, this would look like a series of single strokes.
The free companies, or companies of adventure, have been cited as a factor as strong as plague or famine in the reduction of Siena from a glorious rival of Florence to a second-rate power during the later 14th century; Siena spent 291,379 florins between 1342 and 1399 buying off the free companies. [3]
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.
Astolfo defeated him after looking up his name in the index of his spell book, thus discovering that to defeat him he had to remove all the hair from his head, knowing this Astolfo proceeds to cut off Orillo's head and then escape on his horse while the thief's headless body chases him, after getting far enough away Astolfo sits with the thief ...
Colonel Petr Rykovskov commander of the 14th Regiment of Don Cossacks. Tschebotarioff family: 18th – today Noble family of Don Cossacks origin. Gregory P. Tschebotarioff (1899 - 1985) was a full professor of civil engineering at Princeton University. His father Porphyry G. Tschebotarioff was a Lieutenant General of Don Republic in the Russian ...
England – The population of England, between 1.25 and 2 million in 1086, [8] is estimated to have grown to somewhere between 3.7 million [9] and 5–7 million, [1] although the 14th-century estimates derive from sources after the first plague epidemics, and the estimates for pre-plague population depends on assumed plague mortality, the ...
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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.