AP Euro Ch 11 Timeline

By feathr3
  • Period: 1277 to 1337

    Work of Giotto

    I'M TAKING THIS FROM THE CHAPTER TIMELINE THAT DOESN'T HAVE EXACT DATES/YEARS
    - This is just Giotto's Birth-Death
  • 1293

    Ordinances of Justice

    A new constitution that says Florence's government will be a republic government controlled by 7 major guilds representing the wealthy, executive power given to the signoria, and bearer of justice called the golfaloniere
  • Period: 1294 to 1303

    Pope Boniface VIII

    Pope who wrote the Unam Sanctum (the strongest statement ever written by a pope to say that religious authority is over temporal)
  • 1297

    Closing of the Great Council

    Wealthy merchant families in Florence took control of the constitution and closed the Great Council (source of all political power) to all but members of 200 families; these families dominated the government
  • Nov 18, 1302

    Pope Boniface VII issues the Unam Sanctum

  • Period: 1305 to 1377

    Papacy at Avignon

    "During the Avignon papacy the cardinals began to play a stronger role in church government, church and clergy were reformed, missionary efforts were expanded, and popes tried to settle royal rivalries and establish peace." (Britannica)
  • Period: 1308 to 1321

    Dante's Divine Comedy

  • 1322

    Visconti establishes themselves as rulers of Milan

    Visconti is a wealthy family in Milan
  • Period: 1327 to 1377

    Edward III

  • Period: 1328 to 1350

    Philip VI

  • 1337

    Outbreak of Hostilities

    Start of Hundred Years' War
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    Hundred Years' War (including the truce)

  • Aug 26, 1346

    Battle of Crecy

    Where English destroyed French with their longbows
  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    Black Death in Europe

  • Period: 1348 to 1364

    Giovanni di Dondi's Clock

  • Period: 1350 to 1364

    John II

  • 1356

    Golden Bull of Charles IV Issued

    • German Monarchy
    • Basically says that certain people have the legal power to elect the future Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and leader of the Christian People
  • Sep 19, 1356

    Battle of Poitiers/John II is captured

    Battle that ended the first phase of the Hundred Years' War and where John II (the French king) was captured
  • 1358

    Crushing of the Jacquerie and Etienne Marcel

    The Jacquerie was a French peasant revolt that was brutal (castles burned, nobles murdered) Etienne Marcel was a French provost that tried to get the Estates-General (French parliament but wasn't as important as the English parliament at the time) more rights/power
  • 1359

    Peace of Bretigny

    Treaty where the French agreed to pay a ransom for the kidnapped king, the English territory of Gascony was enlarged, and that the King of England would not fight to be the heir of the French throne anymore if the French King agreed to give up control of English lands in France
  • Period: 1364 to 1380

    Charles V

  • Period: 1377 to 1399

    Richard II

  • Jan 17, 1377

    Pope Gregory XI returns to Rome

  • Jun 21, 1377

    Death of Edward III

    After his death, England began to experience instability of aristocratic factionalism (basically--I think that there was a split in the aristocratic class due to differing opinions)
  • Period: 1378 to 1417

    Great Schism of 1378

    Started: 1378
    Ended: 1417 This happened because there were two popes claiming authority of the Catholic Church (a Frenchman vs Italian Archbishop); caused split between the church/supporters of the church and people were confused on who to follow
  • Period: Apr 8, 1378 to 1389

    Pope Urban VI

    The second pope (who stayed in Rome/the Italian archbishop) which started the Great Schism
  • Period: 1380 to 1422

    Charles VI

  • 1381

    English Peasant's Revolt (of 1381)

  • Period: 1387 to 1400

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • 1395

    Giangaleazzo Visconti Purchases Title of Duke

    Purchased the title from the Emperor
  • Period: 1396 to 1415

    20 Year Truce

    Twenty year truce in the Hundred Years' War (started in 1396, ending in 1415 when Henry V renewed it)
  • Period: 1399 to 1413

    Henry IV

  • 1409

    Failure of Council of Pisa to end Schism; Alexander V as 3rd pope

    The Council of Pisa failed to end the Great Schism and elected a 3rd pope causing more confusion
  • Period: 1414 to 1418

    Council of Constance

    A council that met in Constance and resolved the Great Schism
  • 1415

    Henry V renews the Hundred Years' War

    The English King renews the war during a period of time when the French were dealing with civil wars
  • Oct 25, 1415

    Battle of Agincourt

    The English destroyed the French despite having a number disadvantage
  • 1417

    End of Great Schism; Election of Pope Martin V

  • May 21, 1420

    Treaty of Troyes

    Says the Henry V (King of England) will marry Catherine (daughter of the King of France) and he will be recognized as the heir to the French throne
  • Period: 1429 to 1431

    French Recovery Under Joan of Arc

  • 1453

    End of War

    The French won