1215 – Magna Carta
A charter agreed to by King John of England and his rebellious barons, the document would come to be seen as the beginning of legal limits on the power of monarchs.
A charter agreed to by King John of England and his rebellious barons, the document would come to be seen as the beginning of legal limits on the power of monarchs.
1315-17 – Great Famine
A series of crop failures and bad weather that struck large parts of Europe.
1337 – Beginning of the Hundred Years’ War
The Kings of England and France begin a war – fought off and on – that would last until 1453.
1347-51 – Black Death
One of the largest pandemics in human history, it crossed through Eurasia and killed as many as 200 million people.
1378 – Western Schism begins
A split within the Catholic churches that would see two or three men claiming to be Pope at the same time.
