Political Leaders of the Middle Ages

The atlas holds 11 people and 218 moments here, from 482 to 1452. The most recorded lives are Zheng He, Dante Alighieri and Saladin.

Moments

  1. 1296 Captured off the Anatolian coast Marco Polo
  2. 1298 Imprisoned in Genoa Marco Polo
  3. 1299 Returns home after release Marco Polo
  4. 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
  5. 1300 Embassy to San Gimignano Dante Alighieri
  6. 1300 Resided in the Palazzo della Signoria as prior Dante Alighieri
  7. 1301 Joined the embassy to Pope Boniface VIII Dante Alighieri
  8. 1302 Received news of exile in Siena Dante Alighieri
  9. 1302 Met fellow exiles at San Godenzo Dante Alighieri
  10. 1303 Guest of Bartolomeo della Scala in Verona Dante Alighieri
  11. 1303 Served with Scarpetta Ordelaffi in Forlì Dante Alighieri
  12. 1306 Concluded the Peace of Castelnuovo Dante Alighieri
  13. 1306 Received Malaspina authority in Sarzana Dante Alighieri
  14. 1307 Stayed with the Guidi in Casentino Dante Alighieri
  15. 1308 Stayed in Lucca Dante Alighieri
  16. 1311 Documented at Poppi Castle Dante Alighieri
  17. 1312 Returned to Verona under Cangrande Dante Alighieri
  18. 1313 Birth at Certaldo Giovanni Boccaccio
  19. 1314 Possible later return to Lucca Dante Alighieri
  20. 1319 Settled at Guido Novello's court in Ravenna Dante Alighieri
  21. 1321 Undertook an embassy to Venice Dante Alighieri
  22. 1321 Died in Ravenna Dante Alighieri
  23. 1321 Returned ill to Ravenna Dante Alighieri
  24. 1324 Buried at San Lorenzo Marco Polo
  25. 1324 Dies in Venice Marco Polo
  26. 1326 Move with family to Naples Giovanni Boccaccio
  27. 1332 Birth in Tunis Ibn Khaldun
  28. 1341 Return to Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  29. 1345 Residence at Ostasio da Polenta’s court Giovanni Boccaccio
  30. 1347 Guest of Francesco Ordelaffi Giovanni Boccaccio
  31. 1348 Black Death in Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  32. 1350 First meeting with Petrarch near Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  33. 1350 Mission to Ravenna for Dante’s daughter Giovanni Boccaccio
  34. 1351 Mission and meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
  35. 1351 Embassy to Ludwig of Bavaria Giovanni Boccaccio
  36. 1354 Papal embassy to Avignon Giovanni Boccaccio
  37. 1354 Arrival at the Marinid court Ibn Khaldun
  38. 1355 Return to Naples Giovanni Boccaccio
  39. 1355 Visit to Montecassino Abbey Giovanni Boccaccio
  40. 1359 English campaign in France Geoffrey Chaucer
  41. 1359 Embassy to Bernabò Visconti’s court Giovanni Boccaccio
  42. 1360 Captured at the siege of Reims Geoffrey Chaucer
  43. 1361 Return visit to Ravenna Giovanni Boccaccio
  44. 1361 Withdrawal to Certaldo Giovanni Boccaccio
  45. 1362 Second disappointing stay in Naples Giovanni Boccaccio
  46. 1362 Arrival in Nasrid Granada Ibn Khaldun
  47. 1363 Naples visit during spiritual crisis Giovanni Boccaccio
  48. 1363 Visit to Petrarch in Venice Giovanni Boccaccio
  49. 1363 Proceeding to Certaldo Giovanni Boccaccio
  50. 1364 Diplomatic visit to Seville Ibn Khaldun

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