| 1303 |
The French attack papal summer palace at Anagni |
| 1309-1377 |
Babylonian Captivity: the popes, all French, reside at Avignon and are influenced by the French monarchy |
| 1323-1328 |
Peasants revolt in Flanders |
| 1328 |
End of France's Capetian dynasty; Edward III of England tries to gain the French throne |
| 1337-1453 |
Hundred Years' War between England and France |
| 1346 |
Battle of Crécy: the English defeat the French |
| 1347-1351 |
Black Death reaches Italian ports and ravages Europe |
| 1356 |
Battle of Poitiers: the English defeat the French |
| 1358 |
Jacquerie, the French peasants' revolt |
| 1377 |
Pope Gregory XI returns papacy to Rome |
| 1378 |
Florentine laborers revolt |
| 1378-1417 |
Great Schism: Christendom has two and then three popes |
| 1381 |
English peasants revolt |
| 1382 |
Weavers revolt in Ghent |
| 1415 |
Battle of Agincourt: Henry V of England defeats the French; Jan Hus, a Bohemian
religious reformer, is burned at the stake |
| 1429 |
Joan of Arc liberates Orléans |
| 1431 |
Joan of Arc is condemned as a witch |
| 1453 |
The English are driven from France, except Calais: end of the Hundred Years' War |
| 1460 |
Pope Pius II condemns the Conciliar Movement as heretical |