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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 | |
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| c. 1320 |
| | | Florence becomes a centre of international finance, with the Bardi and Peruzzi families acting as bankers to Europe's rulers | |
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| 1327 |
| | | Petrarch glimpses Laura in a church in Avignon and falls helplessly in love with her - or so he tells us | |
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| 1341 |
| | | A laurel wreath is placed on the brow of Petrarch in Rome, in a renewal of interest in the classical world | |
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| 1345 |
| | | The bridge now known as Ponte Vecchio is constructed in Florence (replacing an older old bridge) | |
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| 1345 |
| | | Edward III of England, defaulting on his massive debts, drives the Florentine banking families of Bardi and Peruzzi into bankruptcy | |
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| 1347 |
| | | Cola di Rienzo, appointed tribune of the people, enjoys a few months of dictatorial powers in Rome before the citizens tire of him | |
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| c. 1349 |
| | | Boccaccio begins his Decameron, supposedly the stories told by young Florentine men and women sheltering from the Black Death | |
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| c. 1350 |
| | | Armies of mercenaries, led by condottieri, conduct Italian warfare at an often extortionate rate | |
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| 1350 |
| | | Boccaccio, visiting Petrarch in Florence, is inspired to devote himself to the pursuit of classical studies | |
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