| | | ENGLAND: Magna Charta; | | | | | contest of Crown and | | | | | Barons. Loss of Angevin | | | | | dominion. | | | | | FRANCE: Development of | | | | | central power under Louis | | | | | VIII. and IX. | | | | | Institution of the Teutonic | | | | | knights. | | | | | Break up of the Eastern | | | | | Empire. Venice. | | |1250 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1250 | | | | Decadence of Imperial power.| | | | | First Habsburg emperor. | | | | | End of the Crusading period.| | | | Rise of the Ottoman | ITALY: Rise of Florence. | | | | (Othman) Turks. | Dante. Giotto. | | | | Khublai Khan in Eastern | ENGLAND: Establishment of | | | | Asia. | Parliament (Montfort and | | | | | Edward I.). Organisation | | | | | of the English nation. | | |1300 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1300 | | | | The Papacy “in captivity” | | | | | at Avignon. | | | | Mameluke Sultans in | Independence of Scotland. | | | | Egypt. | Independence of Switzerland.| | | | | Ottoman Turks establish a | | | | | footing in Europe. | | | | | ENGLAND AND FRANCE: | | | | | Beginning of the 100 | | | | | Years’ War. | | |1350 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1350 | | | Rise of the Ming dynasty | The Jacquerie in France. | | | | in China: expulsion of | The Great Schism: period | | | | Mongols. | of dual Papacy. | | | | | ENGLAND: Peasant revolt. | | | | Conquests of Timur the | Failure of Richard II.’s | | | | Tartar (Tamerlane) | attempt at absolutism. | | | | | Wycliffe. | | | | | Union of Lithuania with | | | | | Poland. | |