Crusade against the heretical Albigensians in southern France. William of Ockham. Dante Alighieri, poet. Life relatively unchanged for the rural masses, although improved crop yields, trade and the spread of currency means that more and more peasants are able to buy their freedom from feudal bonds. The number of freemen rises within society.
Towns grow, as do numbers of craftsmen etc.
Mongol hordes invade the Middle East. Marco Polo, explorer. Valois dynasty est. Statute of Labourers, England. Ciompi, Florentine revolt.