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| 1306 |
| | | After the murder of his rival, in a church in Dumfries, Robert de Bruce is crowned king of Scots at Scone | |
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| 1306 |
| | | Robert de Bruce, in hiding on the island of Rathlin, is supposedly given a lesson in perseverance by a spider | |
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| 1307 |
| | | The English king Edward I dies campaigning near Carlisle, on an expedition north against his Scottish rival Robert the Bruce | |
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| 1307 |
| | | On the death of his father, Edward I, Edward II becomes king of England | |
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| c. 1307 |
| | | Dante, in exile from Florence, begins work on The Divine Comedy - completing it just before his death, 14 years later | |
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| 1308 |
| | | The cathedral authorities in Siena commission from Duccio the great altarpiece which becomes known as the Maestà | |
|  | Duccio Crucifixion (detail)
Manchester City Museum and Art Gallery
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| 1308 |
| | | The Teutonic knights seize the coastal area round Gdansk, cutting off Poland's access to the sea | |
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| 1309 |
| | | Clement V moves the papacy to Avignon, in a move which is expected to be temporary but which lasts for nearly seventy years | |
|  | Avignon
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| 1309 |
| | | The hiatus on the Hungarian throne ends when the Angevin contender is crowned as Charles I | |
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| 1309 |
| | | The Knights of St John capture the island of Rhodes, which they rule as their own sovereign state for more than two centuries | |
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