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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 | |
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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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| 1310 |
| | | Fifty-four Knights Templars are burned at the stake, during the campaign of the French king to destroy the order | |
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| 1314 |
| | | After years of guerilla warfare, Robert de Bruce defeats the English conclusively at Bannockburn - and becomes at last secure in his kingdom | |
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| 1315 |
| | | The Swiss, defeating the Habsburgs at Morgarten, make lethal use of their halberds - designed to jab, grapple and slash | |
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| 1315 |
| | | Islam replaces Christianity as the religion of the kings of Dongola, in present-day Sudan | |
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