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Events relating to england
On the death of his father, Edward I, Edward II becomes king of England
Edward II is captured and imprisoned by his queen, Isabella, and her lover, Mortimer
Isabella forces Edward II to renounce the English throne in favour of their 15-year-old son, Edward III
Edward II, imprisoned by his wife and her lover, dies in Berkeley castle - almost certainly the victim of murder
The English finally accept a treaty, in Edinburgh, declaring that Robert de Bruce is king of a Scotland 'free and divided from the kingdom of England'
Philip VI of France confiscates Guienne, a fief belonging to Edward III of England - whose response begins the Hundred Years' War
Edward III, in Ghent, publicly assumes the title and the arms of the king of France
William of Ockham advocates paring down arguments to their essentials, an approach later known as Ockham's Razor
Edward III of England, defaulting on his massive debts, drives the Florentine banking families of Bardi and Peruzzi into bankruptcy
Edward III establishes a new kind of knighthood with the Order of the Garter, conferred purely as an honour
The Perpendicular style develops from the Decorated phase in English Gothic architecture
Water power is used in England for the heavy work of fulling cloth, in mills which can be seen as a first step towards the Industrial Revolution
John of Gaunt marries his cousin, Blanche of Lancaster, heiress to vast estates in the north of England
A narrator who calls himself Will, and whose name may be Langland, begins the epic poem of Piers Plowman
One of four new yeomen of the chamber in Edward III's household is Geoffrey Chaucer
The courtly poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tells of a mysterious visitor to the round table of King Arthur
John Wycliffe, writing mainly in Oxford, is critical of the contemporary church and can find no basis for the pope's authority
10-year-old Richard II follows his grandfather, Edward III, on the English throne
A poll tax imposed in England provokes widespread unrest, which flares up in the Peasants' Revolt
Wat Tyler, leader of the Kentish rebels, meets Richard II at Smithfield - before being struck and wounded by the Lord Mayor of London
Chaucer completes Troilus and Criseyde, his long poem about a legendary love affair in ancient Troy
John I, newly victorious in Portugal, proposes an alliance with England which has never been revoked
A clock, designed only to strike the hours, is installed in Salisbury cathedral and is still working today
Chaucer begins an ambitious scheme for 100 Canterbury Tales, of which he completes only 24 by the time of his death
Fan vaulting becomes part of the Gothic tradition, seen to perfection in the cloisters of Gloucester cathedral
