1314: A year of great change

The year 1314 was, like many years during the Middle Ages, was a tumultuous year. Many great changes, some beginnings and some endings, occurred that year. Battles were fought, freedom won, and men were put to the stake in the

The pivotal year 1314

One of the worst famines in European history struck northern Europe in the year 1314. Caused by a series of cold wet years and exacerbated by political turmoil, the famine which began in 1314 lasted for three years and killed