Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica: a Standard history source. Covers AD 1310 – 1348, with 237 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Standard history |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | AD 1310 – 1348 |
| Events | 237 events, 224 placed on the map |
| Author | Giovanni Villani |
| Original title | Nuova Cronica (Cronica di Giovanni Villani) |
Regions: Southern Europe 198 · Western Europe 33 · West Asia 3 · Eastern Europe & Russia 2 · Egypt & North Africa 1
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1310 | Turin | Emperor Henry VII crosses the Alps from Lausanne and arrives at Turin in Piedmont | Libro IX, cap. IX |
| AD 1311 | Milan | The emperor enters Milan and is crowned with the Iron Crown at Sant'Ambrogio on 6 January | Libro IX, cap. IX |
| AD 1311 | Cremona | Cremona surrenders after a siege, through the mediation of the Archbishop of Ravenna; walls and fortresses are razed and a fine imposed | Libro IX, cap. XV |
| AD 1311 | Brescia | Brescia surrenders after running out of food; the emperor razes its walls and fortresses, fines it 70,000 florins and exiles 100 leading citizens | Libro IX, cap. XX |
| AD 1311 | Pisa | The emperor sails from Genoa with 30 galleys to Pisa, where the Pisans accept him as lord | Libro IX, cap. XXXVII |
| AD 1312 | Viterbo | The emperor leaves Pisa for Rome and takes Viterbo without resistance | Libro IX, cap. XL |
| AD 1312 | Rome | The emperor enters Rome with Colonna help, forcing the Orsini-held bridge fortress | Libro IX, cap. XL |
| AD 1312 | Rome | The cardinals crown Emperor Henry at the Lateran (1 August according to the source) | Libro IX, cap. XLIII |
| AD 1312 | Incisa in Val d'Arno | Battle of Incisa: about 1,800 Florentine horsemen block the way but are routed by the imperial army's flanking attack (25 cavalry and fewer than 100 infantry dead) | Libro IX, cap. XLVI |
| AD 1312 | Florence | The emperor encamps before Florence and besieges it until the end of October (source: "infino air ultimo di del mese d' Ottobre") | Libro IX, cap. XLVII |
| AD 1313 | Colle di Val d'Elsa | About 200 imperial horsemen are beaten by the cavalry of King Robert at Colle; the imperial cause declines | Libro IX, cap. XLVIII |
| AD 1313 | Buonconvento | Emperor Henry dies of illness at Buonconvento, south of Siena | Libro IX, cap. LII |
| AD 1313 | Pisa | The body is carried to Pisa and buried in the cathedral | Libro IX, cap. LIII |
| AD 1313 | Florence | Florence gives the signoria to King Robert for five years (the source says it was later extended by three) | Libro IX, cap. LVI |
| AD 1314 | Roquemaure | Pope Clement V, travelling to Bordeaux, crosses the Rhône and dies of illness at Roquemaure | Libro IX, cap. LIX |
| AD 1314 | Lucca | Uguccione della Faggiola, with Pisan and German mercenaries, takes Lucca and plunders church treasures (residents are killed) | Libro IX, cap. LX |
| AD 1315 | Montecatini Terme | Battle of Montecatini: the Florentine-Neapolitan side is crushed, Uguccione wins and the castle of Montecatini surrenders | Libro IX, cap. LXXII |
| AD 1316 | Avignon | The College of Cardinals elects John XXII pope at Avignon, ending a two-year vacancy | Libro IX, cap. LXXXI |
| AD 1317 | Pisa | King Robert makes peace with Pisa and Lucca (Pisa to provide five galleys on request for the fleet) | Libro IX, cap. LXXXII |
| AD 1317 | Genoa | Genoa: when the Ghibelline Spinola family returns, the Guelfs (the city nobles' side) take the city under Fieschi and Grimaldi as leaders, and the conflict between the two sides sharpens | Libro IX, cap. LXXXVII |
| AD 1318 | Genoa | Exiled Genoese nobles and an allied Milanese force (Marco Visconti) begin besieging Genoa | Libro IX, cap. XC |
| AD 1318 | Genoa | King Robert enters Genoa with a great fleet (47 transports, 25 galleys, 1,200 horsemen) and begins to lift the siege | Libro IX, cap. XCIII |
| AD 1318 | Genoa | Genoa's rulers and people cede the lordship of Genoa and the Riviera to Pope John XXII and King Robert for ten years | Libro IX, cap. XCIV |
| AD 1319 | Genoa (piano di Bisagno) | Great battle on the plain of Bisagno: heavy losses on both sides, no victor (the exiles withdraw to the hills, the townsmen into the city) | Libro IX, cap. XCIX |
| AD 1320 | Santa Maria a Monte | Castruccio Antelminelli besieges Santa Maria a Monte, on the Florentine side; it surrenders through the townspeople's betrayal | Libro IX, cap. CVI |
| AD 1320 | Mortara | Philip of Valois, with the papal legate Cardinal Bertrand de Poujet and 1,500 horsemen, camps at Mortara between Vercelli and Novara | IX.109 |
| AD 1320 | Genova | Castruccio, with cavalry and infantry, camps on the Riviera east of Genoa and joins the coalition besieging Genoa | IX.111 |
| AD 1320 | Genova | Frederick, King of Sicily, arms 42 galleys and uscieri and sends them to the siege on the side of the exiled Genoese | IX.112 |
| AD 1320 | Ischia | The Neapolitan fleet catches up with the Sicilian-exile fleet off Ischia, but the Sicilians slip away at night | IX.113 |
| AD 1320 | Genova | The Sicilian and exiled Genoese fleet enters Genoa's harbour on 3 September and attacks from the harbour side; the defenders repel it | IX.114 |
| AD 1320 | Genova | The exiles and Sicilian troops attack Carignano (a district of Genoa) twice in September; the Genoese side beats them back | IX.116 |
| AD 1320 | Chiavari | Exiled Genoese galleys plunder the Riviera and on 14 December take, sack and burn the town of Chiavari | IX.117 |
| AD 1320 | Padova | The Paduan faction inside the city, with the Count of Gorizia, sallies out and defeats Cangrande della Scala's army; Cangrande flees to Monselice | IX.121 |
| AD 1321 | Noli | The exiled Genoese (by sea) and the Marquis of Finale (by land) besiege Noli, which surrenders on 6 February (the castle holds out until 6 April) | IX.118 |
| AD 1321 | Ravenna | Dante Alighieri dies at Ravenna (the text says July, Florentine year 1321) | IX.136 |
| AD 1322 | Firenze | Florence frees itself from King Robert of Naples's rule (eight and a half years), elects its priors and the capitano again, and begins work on the walls | IX.137 |
| AD 1322 | Tunisi | The expelled King of Tunis returns with Arab tribes, defeats the reigning king and regains the throne | IX.150 |
| AD 1322 | Brescia | Henry of Austria leaves Brescia on 18 May for Verona | IX.145 |
| AD 1322 | Basignano | Marco Visconti's Milanese army comes to relieve the fort of Bassignana on the Po and fights the papal army (the text's account of the outcome is inconsistent) | IX.160 |
| AD 1322 | Parma | Factional fighting in Parma: Orlando Rossi's side beats Gianni Quirico's side and takes control | IX.168 |
| AD 1322 | Albenga | The Sicilians, exiles and Marquis of Finale besiege Albenga (then Albinganum) and it surrenders on 13 December | IX.170 |
| AD 1322 | Mühldorf | Battle of Mühldorf: the two rival kings clash; Louis wins, and Frederick and Henry of Austria are captured | IX.175 |
| AD 1322 | Piacenza | Verzi de Landa, with 400 papal horsemen, enters Piacenza by night, expels Azzo Visconti and takes the city | IX.178 |
| AD 1322 | Milano | Galeazzo Visconti enters Milan by night through the Ticinese gate and takes the city; on 29 December the citizens acclaim him lord | IX.184 |
| AD 1323 | Genova | By night the city side of Genoa sends out 150 mercenary horsemen of King Robert and 1,000 infantry against the exiles' bastion (Monte San Bernardo), retaking the lost suburb | IX.188 |
| AD 1323 | Tortona | Raimondo di Cardona, by secret agreement with the papal legate, enters Tortona with 500 horsemen and the help of exiled Guelfs; the citizens hand the city to him | IX.190 |
| AD 1323 | Gargazzuola | Marco Visconti's Milanese army (1,000 horse, 2,000 foot) clashes with the papal army (1,200 horse, 3,000 foot) at Gargazzola; about 400 Milanese cavalry are killed or captured | IX.199 |
| AD 1323 | Treviso | The Count of Gorizia dies suddenly during a wedding feast in Treviso; rumours say Cangrande poisoned him | IX.200 |
| AD 1323 | Milano | Raimondo di Cardona and the papal army leave Monza and begin the siege of Milan (11 June) | IX.211 |
| AD 1323 | Fucecchio | On the night of 19 December Castruccio seizes part of Fucecchio; the next day Florentine reinforcements counterattack and drive him out | IX.233 |
| AD 1324 | Iglesias | The Pisan army is beaten at Villa di Chiesa by the forces of Prince Alfonso of Aragon; its captain and many men are killed or captured, and it withdraws to Castel di Castro | part_03.txt L34-L62 (CAP. CCXXXVII) |
| AD 1324 | Constantinople | In February 300,000 Tatar horsemen enter Greece and plunder up to near Constantinople, staying until April; over 150,000 people are killed or enslaved | part_03.txt L162-L183 (CAP. CCXLI) |
| AD 1324 | Spoleto | Spoleto, besieged for over two years, surrenders to the combined forces of the Church and Perugia for lack of food, on condition that lives are spared | part_03.txt L245-L260 (CAP. CCXLIV) |
| AD 1324 | Genova | King Robert of Naples leaves the papal court and arrives in Genoa on the 22nd, staying there and entertained by the Genoese | part_03.txt L362-L375 (CAP. CCXLIX) |
| AD 1324 | Padova | In early June 1324 a German princes' army comes to the Paduan region to attack Cangrande, but he holds the castle and sends them away with bribes | part_03.txt L490-L516 (CAP. CCLV) |
| AD 1324 | Cagliari | After a siege the Pisans hand Castel di Castro to the Aragonese prince and make peace recognising his lordship of the island | part_03.txt L798-L815 (CAP. CCLIX) |
| AD 1324 | Castell'Arquato | Castellaquata in the Piacenza territory surrenders to the papal legate and Piacenza for lack of food; its castellan Manfredi di Landa receives 5,000 florins from the legate | part_03.txt L846-L853 (CAP. CCLX) |
| AD 1324 | Pistoia | Filippo Tedici of Pistoia seizes the city in a revolt, pushing out its head Abate da Pacenzano and becoming lord for a one-year term; Florentine cavalry are not admitted | part_03.txt L860-L878 (CAP. CCLXI) |
| AD 1324 | Avignon | Pope John XXII at Avignon issues the final sentence of excommunication against Louis of Bavaria, the imperial claimant, ordering him to appear voluntarily within two months | part_03.txt L930-L949 (CAP. CCLXIV) |
| AD 1324 | Urbino | Malatesta's Rimini forces, while building the fort of Cavallino near Urbino, are ambushed and beaten by over 800 Ghibelline horsemen of the March; more than 700 Rimini men are killed, wounded or captured | part_03.txt L957-L970 (CAP. CCLXV) |
| AD 1324 | Cesena | The Romagna Ghibellines take Cesena by treachery but are soon driven out with heavy losses | part_03.txt L978-L989 (CAP. CCLXVI) |
| AD 1324 | Monza | No relief arrives from the papal legate, and Monza surrenders to the Milanese army, a great disgrace for the Church side | part_03.txt L1081-L1095 (CAP. CCLXX) |
| AD 1324 | Argenta | The Marquises d'Este, who rule Ferrara, seize the Church's Argenta; no casualties are recorded | part_03.txt L1217-L1220 (CAP. CCLXXV) |
| AD 1325 | Carmignano | The castle and fort of Carmignano submit to Florence of their own accord against the tyrant Tedici of Pistoia, with seven years' tax exemption | part_03.txt L1305-L1318 (CAP. CCLXXIX) |
| AD 1325 | Brindisi | Gianni, brother of King Robert, sails from Brindisi with 25 galleys, puts down the revolt in Cephalonia and goes to Clarenza (Morea) | part_03.txt L1359-L1372 (CAP. CCLXXXI) |
| AD 1325 | Brugge | The people of Bruges in Flanders rebel against Count Louis; Ghent and Ypres, paid for it, mediate an agreement between the count and Bruges | part_03.txt L1395-L1398 (CAP. CCLXXXII) |
| AD 1325 | Fidenza | Azzo Visconti of Milan acquires Borgo San Donnino (Fidenza) and then prepares a major campaign from there | part_03.txt L1559-L1570 (CAP. CCLXXXVIII) |
| AD 1325 | Pistoia | Filippo Tedici, by treachery, lets the troops of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca into Pistoia, killing and expelling the Florentine garrison | part_03.txt L1686-L1694 (CAP. CCXCIV) |
| AD 1325 | Palermo | Charles, Duke of Calabria, sails from Naples with a great fleet and besieges Palermo until 18 June; he fails to take the city and only breaches the walls | part_03.txt L1783-L1786 (CAP. CCXCVI) |
| AD 1325 | Osimo | The papal army of the March goes out to plunder at Osimo and is ambushed by the Osimo side; over 200 horsemen and about 1,000 foot are killed or captured | part_03.txt L1839-L1848 (CAP. CCXCIX) |
| AD 1325 | Kortrijk | Louis, Count of Flanders, is defeated by an uprising of the townspeople at Kortrijk and taken prisoner to Bruges | part_03.txt L2520-L2543 (CAP. CCCX) |
| AD 1325 | Altopascio | The Florentine army besieges the Lucchese fortress of Altopascio; plague and delays reduce its numbers | part_03.txt L2043-L2045 (CAP. CCCII) |
| AD 1325 | Altopascio | Battle of Altopascio: the Florentine army is crushed by Castruccio of Lucca; its commander Raimondo di Cardona and others are captured, with many Florentine horsemen killed or taken | part_03.txt L2355-L2360 (장 표제 CAP. CCCIII~CCCIV 부근) |
| AD 1326 | Pistoia | Florentine commander Piero di Narsi, aiming to seize Carmignano, falls into an ambush, is defeated and captured, and Castruccio beheads him at Pistoia | part_03.txt L3854-L3882 (CAP. CCCL) |
| AD 1326 | Modena | Berzio da Landa of the papal army and Florentine cavalry storm the outer gate area (antiporti) of Modena and besiege it for a month | part_03.txt L3677-L3692 (CAP. CCCXLII) |
| AD 1333 | Firenze | Heavy rain for four days and nights from 1 November; on Thursday the 4th the Arno floods into the city of Florence. The source puts deaths by drowning at about 300 (first estimated at 3,000) | part_04.txt 줄 2146-2148 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1333 | Firenze | The same afternoon the Arno flood breaks the Ognissanti embankment and brings down the Carraia bridge; the Santa Trinita bridge also collapses leaving one pier and one arch, and the Ponte Vecchio keeps only its two middle piers | part_04.txt 줄 2225-2226 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1333 | Pisa | The great flood's waters reach Pisa, flooding the city and causing heavy damage; the source says the Arno escaped total inundation by draining into the Arnonico channel and the marsh toward Cafanne | part_04.txt 줄 2307-2308 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1333 | Napoli | A letter of consolation from King Robert of Naples to the Florentine priors and commune; he sees the flood as God's punishment for sin and urges repentance and patience Tradition | part_04.txt 줄 3444-3444 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1333 | Lerici | The allies meet at Lerici and decide to drop the truce extension and resume war; they agree on dividing conquests (Cremona to Milan, Parma to the Scaligeri, Reggio to Mantua, Modena to Ferrara, Lucca to Florence) | part_04.txt 줄 3520-3521 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1333 | Correggio | 400 allied horsemen head toward Parma and Reggio but are beaten near the castle of Correggio by the Parmese and the papal legate's troops; commander Ettore da Panago and others are captured | part_04.txt 줄 3543-3543 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1333 | Argenta | Argenta castle, besieged for months by the Marquis of Ferrara's troops, surrenders when its food runs out; there was no relief force, the papal side having been beaten at Ferrara | part_04.txt 줄 3583-3584 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1333 | Bologna | The people of Bologna rise against the papal legate's rule: they set fire to the grain palace and the bishop's palace where the legate's officials were, and kill the transalpine (foreign) officials; the legate is shut up and besieged in the new castle | part_04.txt 줄 3625-3626 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Bologna | In Bologna the rebel faction, including the Pepoli family, drives out the families on the legate's side, such as the Sabatini and Bodaldi, and burns their houses; over 1,500 citizens are expelled or exiled. Florence sends envoys and cavalry to calm matters | part_04.txt 줄 3754-3754 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Cremona | In April 1334 3,000 allied cavalry besiege Cremona, and on 1 May the lord of Cremona agrees to hand the city to the lord of Milan (by mid-July if no relief arrives) | part_04.txt 줄 3795-3796 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Orvieto | Civil war in the city of Orvieto: Napoleuccio Monaldeschi is killed and his supporters are driven out; Manno becomes master of the city | part_04.txt 줄 3893-3893 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Firenze | On 13 July work begins on the foundations of the new bell tower of Florence cathedral (Santa Reparata); the bishop, priors and others attend and bless the first stone, and Giotto is named master of works | part_04.txt 줄 3917-3918 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Colorno | Mastino della Scala's allied army besieges the castle of Colorno near Parma; the Parmese relief force cannot break the camp and the castle surrenders on 24 September. The source says this victory let Mastino aim at Parma | part_04.txt 줄 3989-3989 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Uzzano | Through a ruse by the Florentine condottiere Bertramone dal Balzo (a bribe of 2,000 gold florins), the castle of Uzzano above Valdinievole Pescia surrenders to Florence; two raids then reach near Lucca | part_04.txt 줄 4004-4004 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Parigi | John, King of Bohemia, cedes to Philip of France at Paris his rights over Lucca; the French king tells Florentine merchants that Lucca's rule is French and sends an army of about 6,000 to take Lucca | part_04.txt 줄 4030-4030 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Avignone | Pope John XXII dies at Avignon; the source says that before dying he issued a letter retracting his claim about the "direct vision of souls" | part_04.txt 줄 4128-4128 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Avignone | The College of Cardinals splits into two parties and quarrels, then elects Cardinal Bianco, a humble cardinal from Toulouse who was an abbot, as pope (source: "parve opera divina"); he takes the name Benedict XII | part_04.txt 줄 4370-4370 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Firenze | On 5 December heavy rain makes the Arno overflow again, carrying off a wooden pile bridge and a chain pontoon bridge. The source says damage to the city was slight because the 1333 flood had lowered the riverbed by 6 braccia | part_04.txt 줄 4391-4391 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1334 | Firenze | Venturino of Bergamo, a Dominican preacher, moves over 10,000 people in Lombardy and Tuscany to go on a penitential pilgrimage by his preaching; he also preaches in Florence, where almost all citizens gather. After a papal inquiry he is barred from preaching and confined to residence | part_04.txt 줄 4421-4421 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1335 | Genova | Genoa's Ghibellines fight street battles against the governorship of King Robert, drive out the Guelfs and take control of the city; the Guelfs expelled go toward Monaco | part_04.txt 줄 4544-4544 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1335 | Sansepolcro | Nieri da Uguccione of Faggiola enters and takes Borgo San Sepolcro with 200 horsemen and 500 foot; the fortress (rocca) holds out separately (date unclear from OCR) | part_04.txt 줄 4595-4595 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1335 | Cortona | The Aretines heavily defeat Perugian cavalry and pursue them to the gates of Cortona; they then burn the Perugian countryside for five days, reaching near the gates of Perugia | part_05 줄 85 |
| AD 1335 | Parma | The Rossi family of Parma hands the city to the Scala brothers of Verona. Alberto enters with 600 horsemen; in return the Rossi are to receive Pontremoli, several Parma strongholds and 50,000 florins | part_05 줄 289 |
| AD 1335 | Piacenza | Piacenza surrenders to Azzo Visconti. The Scotti family then rebels and King Robert of Naples does not help, so it surrenders again on 15 December of the same year | part_05 줄 326 |
| AD 1335 | Grosseto | Battino, lord of Grosseto, who had been virtually detained at Siena, slips away secretly and retakes Grosseto | part_05 줄 442 |
| AD 1335 | Grosseto | The Sienese army besieges Grosseto and enters through a gate opened from inside. Some 300 of Count Arcobaldo's men inside are trapped and mostly captured; only the count himself escapes | part_05 줄 449 |
| AD 1335 | Massa Marittima | The castle of Massa in the Maremma passes to the Sienese army through the collusion of citizens on Siena's side. The Pisan officials are driven out and the peace agreement between Pisa and Florence is broken | part_05 줄 513 |
| AD 1335 | Città di Castello | Through the collusion of three traitor brothers a gate is opened and the Perugian allied army enters. Tarlati withdraws to the fortress, surrenders on 5 October and is taken to Perugia | part_05 줄 546 |
| AD 1335 | Lucca | Pietro Rossi cedes the lordship of Lucca to Mastino della Scala. Contrary to the pledge of alliance with Florence, Lucca does not pass to Florence | part_05 줄 826 |
| AD 1335 | Pisa | Gualandi opponents attack the podestà and drive him out of Pisa, burning the offices. After a night's fighting, Count Fazio's side drives off the rebels; the Lucchese relief force arrives late | part_05 줄 922 |
| AD 1336 | Firenze | The painter Giotto dies and is buried in Santa Reparata by the city. The source says only that he died after returning from his work in Milan | part_04.txt 줄 3942-3942 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1336 | Firenze | The Carraia bridge, destroyed in the 1333 flood, is rebuilt and completed, with two piers fewer and embankments built (cost close to 20,000 florins) | part_04.txt 줄 3949-3949 (Libro XI) |
| AD 1336 | Arezzo | Florence declares open war on Arezzo because of Piero Saccone's alliance with Mastino, and issues a ban on road travel | part_05 줄 1297 |
| AD 1336 | Venice | Venice and Florence form an alliance and military league. Each side keeps 2,000 horsemen and 2,000 foot on permanent hire, and Florence places a funding representative in Venice | part_05 줄 1414 |
| AD 1336 | Mestre | The Venetian army tries to obtain the castle of Mestre with money but is deceived by Mastino's castellan; over 250 Venetian foot are taken prisoner | part_05 줄 1991 |
| AD 1336 | Arezzo | The Tarlati family of Arezzo cedes rule of the city to Florence. Florence pays 25,000 florins and a separate 14,000 florins and gains rule of the city and surroundings for ten years | part_05 줄 2476 |
| AD 1337 | Verona | Mastino comes out of Verona with 3,000 horsemen and faces the allied camp. During the night the allies scatter and flee, and Luchino Visconti's prestige falls | part_05 줄 2940 |
| AD 1337 | Padua | The Carrara faction inside and outside Padua joins with the allies, attacks Alberto della Scala's garrison and enters the city. Alberto is sent to Venice and Ubertino da Carrara becomes lord of Padua | part_05 줄 3050 |
| AD 1337 | Monselice | Piero Rossi, attacking the town below Mastino's castle of Monselice, dismounts to fight, is struck by a lance in the side and falls into the moat. Taken to Padua, he dies on 7 August | part_05 줄 3094 |
| AD 1337 | Bologna | Amid feuding among Bologna's nobles, Taddeo de' Pepoli is set up as the people's leader and becomes ruler of the city. The papal side protests, objecting to this | part_05 줄 3307 |
| AD 1337 | Frederick, King of Sicily, dies and his eldest son Peter succeeds him but cannot govern well. The Count of Ventimiglia allies with Robert of Naples and rebels, throwing the island into disorder | part_05 줄 3379 | |
| AD 1337 | Philip VI of France has all Italians in his kingdom (including Florentine companies) arrested in a single day and fined, and then devalues the gold coinage | part_05 줄 3430 | |
| AD 1337 | Sluis | The English fleet lands on the island at the mouth of Sluis in Flanders, fights the count's forces and burns the island. The count's half-brother is captured | part_05 줄 3505 |
| AD 1337 | Brescia | The citizens of Brescia, under Mastino's rule, rise on 8 October. 1,500 allied horsemen enter and Benedetto flees to Verona. Rule later passes to Azzo Visconti | part_05 줄 3557 |
| AD 1337 – 1338 | Orvieto | The citizens of Orvieto rise, overthrow the Monaldeschi family's rule and set up a popular (popolo) government. Fabriano changes in the same way around the same time | part_05 줄 3725 |
| AD 1338 | Barletta | Factional civil wars begin in several Apulian cities (Sermona, L'Aquila, Gaeta, Salerno, Barletta). The Barletta war is the worst, devastating the city and its region. The king captures the brothers of the Count of Minervino and ruins them | part_05 줄 3942 |
| AD 1338 | Monselice | The Paduans take the castle of Monselice (the citadel surrenders on 25 November) | L.XI c.LXXXII |
| AD 1338 | Montagnana | Mastino plots a betrayal at Montagnana and sends in the Marquis Spinetta's troops, but they fall into an allied ambush and are badly beaten | L.XI c.LXXXII |
| AD 1338 | Anversa | Edward III of England arrives at Antwerp with 300 ships and his knights, and stays until the end of September | L.XI c.LXXXIV |
| AD 1338 | Cambrai | England and its allies besiege Cambrai; the French garrison (the constable) holds it, and the two sides face each other for about nine days | L.XI c.LXXXV |
| AD 1338 | Péronne 일대 | The armies of the two kings face each other before battle, but the French side does not accept the fight and both sides withdraw | L.XI c.LXXXVII |
| AD 1338 | Vicenza | Allied cavalry enter the three outer boroughs (borghi) of Vicenza and nearly take the city, leaving only the castle | L.XI c.LXXXIX |
| AD 1338 | Venezia | Venice breaks its alliance with Florence and makes a separate peace with Mastino; Florence loses its share of Lucca | L.XI c.XC |
| AD 1338 | Roma | Roman nobles and commoners reconcile and make a full peace, asking Florence for a copy of its laws (ordini della giustizia) | L.XI c.XCVI |
| AD 1339 | Parabiago | Roderigo Visconti defeats the Milanese forces in a night attack at Parabiago, and the next day Luchino Visconti's main force is also beaten and captured | L.XI c.XCVII |
| AD 1339 | Milano | Azzo Visconti, lord of Milan, dies, and his uncle Luchino Visconti then takes power | L.XI c.CI |
| AD 1339 | Genova | After a popular uprising in Savona, Genoa rises three days later and elects Simone Boccanegra as doge | L.XI c.CII |
| AD 1339 | Asti | The Marquis of Montferrat seizes Asti and detaches it from King Robert of Naples (the king did not pay his mercenaries and the defence collapsed) | L.XI c.CIV |
| AD 1339 | Lipari | The fleet of King Robert of Naples besieges and takes the castle of Lipari and defeats at sea the Sicilian fleet that came to relieve it | L.XI c.CVIII |
| AD 1340 | Sluys | Edward III defeats the French fleet in a night naval battle off Sluis; most of it is sunk or captured | L.XI c.CX |
| AD 1340 | Tornai | Edward III's allied army besieges Tournai; the French king's army approaches, but they make a truce without fighting and withdraw | L.XI c.CXII |
| AD 1340 | Firenze | After a comet appears, a great plague strikes Florence, killing more than 15,000 people in one year | L.XI c.CXIV |
| AD 1340 | Firenze | A noble conspiracy including the Bardi family is discovered; on the eve of All Saints an armed disturbance breaks out in the streets of Florence, and many conspirators are exiled and their property destroyed | L.XI c.CXVIII |
| AD 1341 | Parma | Azzo da Correggio, with Gonzaga support, takes Parma from Mastino's garrison | L.XI c.CXXVII |
| AD 1341 | Milazzo | From June the army of King Robert of Naples besieges Melazzo; with the defenders starving and Don Pietro dead, it surrenders on 15 September | L.XI c.CXXVIII |
| AD 1341 | Ferrara | Florence sends a delegation of 50 envoys to Ferrara to guarantee the treaty for the purchase of Lucca (in effect as hostages); they stay two and a half months | L.XI c.CXXX |
| AD 1341 | Lucca | The Pisan army begins besieging Lucca; Pisa has its eye on Lucca, which Florence had agreed to buy | L.XI c.CXXXI |
| AD 1341 | Lucca | Florentine envoys receive possession of the city and castle of Lucca from Mastino's representative | L.XI c.CXXXIII |
| AD 1341 | Lucca | The Florentine army fights the Pisans on the banks of the Serchio near Lucca, but its main body collapses at a false report of defeat and is heavily beaten, with many captured | L.XI c.CXXXIV |
| AD 1342 – 1343 | Brettagna (Brittany) | The Duke of Brittany dies, starting an inheritance dispute (the French king installs his nephew and wife as duke and duchess, leading to the Count of Montfort's revolt) | part_07 l.713–765 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXLIII) |
| AD 1342 | Firenze | Walter of Brienne, Duke of Athens, seizes the signoria in the Piazza of the Florentine council and is proclaimed lord for life, with an armed crowd mobilised | part_07 l.1894–2230 (Lib.XII, Cap.I–III, 2145 부근) |
| AD 1342 | Arezzo | Arezzo and Pistoia offer the duke the lifelong signoria (followed by Colle, San Gimignano and Volterra) | part_07 l.2234–2243 (Lib.XII, Cap.III) |
| AD 1342 | Lucca | Agreement brokered by the duke is announced: Lucca under Pisa's jurisdiction for 15 years, Pisan taxes waived for Florence for five years, and Valdarno castles and others returned to Florence | part_07 l.2504–2510 (Lib.XII, GAP.VIII) |
| AD 1342 – 1343 | Messina | Revolt in Messina led by the Palizzi family: the garrison is massacred and the Castle of San Salvatore is seized. Gilio retakes it with the fleet | part_07 l.3138–3176 (Lib.XII, GAP.XIV) |
| AD 1343 | Valdinievole | A great Florentine army marches out to Valdinievole to relieve Lucca | part_07 l.367–369 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXXXIX) |
| AD 1343 | San Piero in Campo | The Florentine army leaves Gragnano, crosses the Serchio and camps at San Pietro in Campo; it is blocked by the Pisan palisade | part_07 l.470–471 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXL) |
| AD 1343 | Serchio | Some Florentine cavalry cross the Serchio and try to break through the Pisan palisade, but retreat without much result | part_07 l.568–579 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXL) |
| AD 1343 | Lucca | The Florentine army fails to relieve Lucca on 19 May and retreats across the Serchio | part_07 l.588–591 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXL) |
| AD 1343 | Lucca | Lucca holds out without relief and surrenders to Pisa on terms: Pisa to pay 180,000 florins over six years, with an annual tribute worth 10,000 florins | part_07 l.611–618 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXL) |
| AD 1343 | Mechelen (Mellina di Brabante) | A great fire in Mechelen (Malines) in Brabant destroys many houses, including churches and the cloth hall | part_07 l.672–692 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXLI) |
| AD 1343 | Ancona | Ancona's commoners rise, attack and drive out nobles and notables, and plunder their property | part_07 l.699–709 (Lib.XI, GAP.CXLII) |
| AD 1343 | Arezzo | The Ghibelline Tarlati family opens the Porta Buia at dawn and enters Arezzo in a surprise attack, but the duke's cavalry drives them out | part_07 l.2370–2379 (Lib.XII, GAP.V) |
| AD 1343 | Napoli | King Robert of Naples dies (19 January, 1342 by Florentine reckoning); his granddaughter Joanna succeeds him and marries Andrew | part_07 l.2970–2999 (Lib.XII, GAP.X) |
| AD 1343 | Pietrasanta | A great fire in Pietrasanta destroys most of the town except the citadel; the duke supplies grain and funds | part_07 l.3084–3091 (Lib.XII, GAP.XII) |
| AD 1343 | Maiorca (Palma) | The King of Aragon takes the island of Majorca from his cousin the King of Majorca, with the collusion of Majorcan merchants | part_07 l.3207–3211 (Lib.XII, GAP.XV) |
| AD 1343 | Firenze | A plot to assassinate the duke is uncovered and the plotters arrested (including the leader, an Adimari); the duke increases his entourage and strengthens the palace's defences | part_07 l.3371–3379 (Lib.XII, GAP.XVI) |
| AD 1343 | Firenze | Florentine uprising on 26 July: the prisons are destroyed, the Palazzo della Signoria is attacked, the duke's cavalry withdraws, and the duke is besieged in his palace | part_07 l.3398–3422, 3457–3581 (Lib.XII, GAP.XVI–XVII) |
| AD 1343 | Firenze | On 1 August the duke's police chief Guglielmo d'Assisi and his son are handed over to the crowd and killed (their bodies mutilated) | part_07 l.3750–3775 (Lib.XII, GAP.XVII) |
| AD 1343 | Firenze | The duke hands over the palace and swears to renounce the signoria, surrendering on condition that his life is spared | part_07 l.3791–3797 (Lib.XII, GAP.XVII) |
| AD 1343 | Bologna | The duke leaves Florence by the San Niccolò gate and goes via Romagna to Bologna, then on to Venice and Apulia | part_07 l.3805–3814 (Lib.XII, GAP.XVII) |
| AD 1343 | Firenze | On 23 September, under popular pressure, all the priors resign and are replaced by commoner priors (an explosion of the demand to exclude the nobles) | part_07 l.4095–4098 (Lib.XII, GAP.XIX) |
| AD 1343 | Florence | Andrea degli Strozzi leads thousands of followers toward the Palace of the Priors, the start of a riot between the great nobles and the people | XII.20 |
| AD 1343 | Florence | The people and craftsmen of the San Giovanni quarter attack the Adimari stronghold, which in the end surrenders and is disarmed | XII.21 |
| AD 1343 | Florence | All the Bardi houses are plundered by the people and 22 large houses are burned, with losses of over 60,000 florins | XII.21 |
| AD 1343 | Florence | The new scrutiny (election by lot) is completed; a new executive is formed, with eight priors and a Gonfaloniere di Giustizia, dominated by craftsmen | XII.22 |
| AD 1343 | Pisa | A Florence-Pisa peace is proclaimed (16 November): Lucca is returned to Pisa, and Florence receives Lucca's revenues of 100,000 florins over 14 years | XII.25 |
| AD 1343 | Naples | A sirocco storm hits Naples harbour, destroying most of the galleys and ships and flooding the waterfront warehouses, with damage of over 40,000 ounces of gold (the same storm also struck Pera harbour opposite Constantinople) | XII.27 |
| AD 1343 | Tana | A great fight at Tana (a trading post on the north shore of the Black Sea) between the Venetians and the Saracens; the inhabitants then rise and kill Venetian, Genoese and Florentine merchants, with over 60 taken prisoner; losses of 350,000 florins for Genoa and 300,000 for Venice | XII.27 |
| AD 1343 – 1344 | Florence | An alliance of Florence, Perugia, Siena and Arezzo is formed, aimed at defeating the Tarlati family and Tuscany's other tyrant powers | XII.28 |
| AD 1344 | Algeciras | The Spanish king takes Algeciras (Aghecira), a key fortress of the Kingdom of Granada, after a siege of over four years; starved, all its inhabitants leave for Granada | XII.31 |
| AD 1344 | Parma | Azzo da Correggio sells Parma for 20,000 florins; through Mastino della Scala's mediation it passes to Obizzo, Marquis of Ferrara | XII.35 |
| AD 1344 | Reggio nell'Emilia | As the Marquis of Ferrara leaves Reggio, the Gonzagas ambush him: Gibert da Fogliano and 300 horsemen are captured or killed | XII.35 |
| AD 1344 | Izmir | In May the papal-side Christian allied fleet takes the harbour and castle of Smyrna (Izmir), putting all the Turkish and Saracen defenders to the sword | XII.39 |
| AD 1345 | Reggio nell'Emilia | In spring the Lombard allied forces (Scala, Bologna, Padua, Ferrara) besiege Reggio; with illness and supply troubles, both sides withdraw in early October 1345 | XII.35 |
| AD 1345 | Izmir | On 17 January the garrison attacks the besieging Turkish camp and gains the upper hand; while celebrating and gathering spoils, they are hit by an ambush force and badly beaten, and the Patriarch and two admirals are killed | XII.39 |
| AD 1345 | Padua | Ubertino da Carrara, lord of Padua, dies; his heir Marsilio is killed at night by Jacopo of the same family, who becomes tyrant himself | XII.42 |
| AD 1345 | Fucecchio | Nobles of Fucecchio (the Volta family) try to overturn Florentine Fucecchio by bringing in forces from San Miniato and Lucca, but fail; prisoners are hanged | XII.45 |
| AD 1345 | Florence | A stone bridge (the Ponte Vecchio) is completed on the site of the old Florentine bridge (18 July): 43 shops on the bridge, with rents of over 80 florins a year | XII.46 |
| AD 1345 | Ghent | Jacob van Artevelde, leader of Ghent in Flanders, is killed in a citizens' uprising; Edward III abandons his Flanders campaign and bans trade with the English side | XII.47 |
| AD 1345 | Aiguillon | On 16 June the garrison of Aiguillon (Aguglione in the source) sallies out and captures two French supply boats | XII.47 |
| AD 1345 | Aversa | Andrew (Andreas), King of Naples, not yet 19, is strangled at night by his entourage in the royal palace at Aversa; the queen's side is named as the instigator | LI |
| AD 1345 | Florence | The Bardi, Florence's largest trading company, goes bankrupt: unable to collect loans made to the English king and the King of Sicily, its debts exceed 565,000 florins | LV |
| AD 1346 | Florence | Reconstruction of the Santa Trinita bridge is completed (4 October 1346): new piers, 20,000 florins | XII.46 |
| AD 1346 | Zadar | The Venetian army launches an all-out attack by sea and land on Zara (Giara in the source); after fighting all day without success, it falls back to its camp when the King of Hungary approaches | LIX |
| AD 1346 | Aiguillon | On 31 July the English make a dawn surprise attack and beat the French (about 400 knights and 2,000 foot killed or captured); the siege of Aiguillon castle is lifted | LXI |
| AD 1346 | Liège | Civil war between the Bishop of Liège and the cathedral chapter and citizens: the bishop's army is crushed in a battle outside the walls and the bishop flees to Dinant | LXII |
| AD 1346 | Edward III lands in Normandy with his fleet (sailed 10 July, arrived 20 July) and sends most of the ships back | Libro XII, cap. LXIII 말미 | |
| AD 1346 | Caen | Battle of Caen (Camo in the source): the English defeat the French constable's army, take Caen, plunder and burn it, and capture many nobles | Libro XII, cap. LXIII 말미 |
| AD 1346 | Poissy | Edward III builds a wooden bridge at Poissy (Pusci), forces the crossing of the Seine and burns the French camp | Libro XII, cap. LXV |
| AD 1346 | Edward III crosses a shallow ford of the Somme at night and in the morning crushes an ambush force of the French side | Libro XII, cap. LXVI | |
| AD 1346 | Crécy-en-Ponthieu | Battle of Crécy: Philip VI's French army attacks the English position, the Genoese crossbowmen are pushed back, and fighting lasts until evening; many nobles, including John, King of Bohemia, are killed | Libro XII, cap. LXVII |
| AD 1346 | Amiens | Philip VI flees to Amiens, wounded, on the night of the battle | Libro XII, cap. LXVII |
| AD 1346 – 1347 | Calais | Edward III begins the siege of Calais (Galese in the source), blockading it by land and sea, which continues until summer 1347 | Libro XII, cap. LXVIII |
| AD 1346 | Durham | David II, King of Scotland, invades England; he is routed by an English attack and the king and his son are taken prisoner to London | Libro XII, cap. LXXVI |
| AD 1346 | Bonn | Charles, King of Bohemia, is crowned King of the Romans at Bonn after papal approval; many electors are absent | Libro XII, cap. LXXVIII |
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