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2 New Books

• Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer.
• 1321 - The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
• 1350 (approx) - The Tale of Gamelyn (anonymous)
• 1353 - The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.
• 1369 - The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer
• 1371Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Births May 28 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (+ 1419) - The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (anonymous)
• 1375Events October 24 Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. Births Deaths October 24 Valdemar IV of Denmark December 21 Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Renaissance humanist scholar. - The Bruce by John BarbourJohn Barbour (c. 1316 March 13, 1395), Scottish poet, was born, perhaps in Aberdeenshire, early in the 14th century, approximately 1316. In a letter of safe-conduct dated 1357, allowing him to go to Oxford for study, he is described as archdeacon of Aberd
• 1390Events Births future Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus future ruler of Wallachia Vlad II Dracul (estimated date). Deaths October 9 John I of Castile, from a fall from a horse, while riding in a fantasia with some of the light horsemen known as the f Confessio Amantis by John GowerGower, John John Gower (?1330 1410) was an English poet, and a contemporary of William Langland and Geoffrey Chaucer. By his own account he was once commanded by Richard II to write a poem "for England's sake. The royal commission resulted in the composit

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• 1304Events 20 July Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. Births Fransesco Petrarca, later known as Petrarch, Italian Renaissance humanist scholar. Walter VI of Brienne Deaths 7 July - Francesco Petrarca, later known as PetrarchFrancesco Petrarca or Petrarch ( 1304 July 19, 1374) was an Italian scholar, poet, and early humanist. Petrarch and Dante are considered the fathers of the Renaissance. Biography Petrarch was born in Arezzo the son of a notary, and spent his early childho.
• 1313Events Siege of Rostock ends Births Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian Renaissance humanist scholar(+ 1375). Emperor Kogon of Japan, first of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders (+ 1364) Deaths August, 24: Henry VII, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, died near Sien - Giovanni Boccaccio.
• 1343 - Geoffrey Chaucer.