Historical Events 1300 Madrigals widely performed. 1305 Giotto paints frescoes in Arena Chapel, Padua. 1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scots. 1307 Dante Alighieri writes the Divine Comedy. 1309 Seat of papacy moves to Avignon. 1315 Lyons establishes silk industry 1321 Dante dies in exile at Ravenna. 1323 St. Thomas Aquinas canonized. 1327 Petrarch meets Laura. 1337 Giotto dies. 1348 Black Death sweeps Europe. 1353 Boccaccio writes Decameron. 1356 Black Prince defeats French at Poitiers. 1360 Guillaume de Machaut composes Messe de Notre–Dame. 1362 Langland writes Piers Plowman. 1369 The Bastille begun in Paris. 1375 Robin Hood story becomes popular. 1378 Papal seat returns to Rome. Great Schism sees two popes elected. 1380 Chaucer begins Canterbury Tales. 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England. 1397 Gutenberg born.
Literature
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
William Langland (1332–1400)
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) (1304–1374)
Music
Guillaume de Machaut (ca.1300–1376)
Fine Art
Maso di Banco (fl.1340s)
Jean de Bondol (fl.1368–1381)
Bernardo Daddi (fl.1312–1348)
Gentile da Fabriano (ca.1370–1427)
Taddeo Gaddi (1300–1366)
Andrea da Firenze (ca.1320–1377)
Giotto di Bondone (ca.1266–ca. 1337)
Limbourg Brothers (fl.1380–1416)
Pietro Lorenzetti (ca.1280–ca. 1348)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1319–1348)
Simone Martini (ca.1283–1344)
Lippo Memmi (fl.1317–1347)
Giovanni da Milano (fl.1370–1427)
Lorenzo Monaco (1370–1422)
Orcagna (Andrea di Cicone) (ca.1308–1368)
Andrea Pisano (ca.1290–1348)
