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Stories Set in the 14th century (1300–1399)
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A crowded, confident Europe was hit by famine, war and plague in quick succession. Edward III of England claimed the French crown in 1337 and started the Hundred Years' War, and the Black Death arrived by ship in 1347, killing roughly a third of the continent within a few years.
Dante finished the Divine Comedy in the 1320s, just before the calamities, and Boccaccio's Decameron (1348-1353) has ten young Florentines telling stories while hiding from the plague. The Name of the Rose sets a murder mystery in a 1327 Italian monastery, and the Japanese film Onibaba follows two women surviving the wars of 14th-century Japan. Open the 14th century on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 14th century
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Browse 73 books, 28 movies and 2 games set in the 14th century (1300–1399).
The Divan
The Persian poet Hafez (1320-1389) is best known as a Sufi mystic who incorporated elements of Sufism into his verses. The state of God-Realisation is symbolised through union with a Beloved, and drinking the wine of…
The Last Duel
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire Jacques Le Gris by challenging him to a duel.
The Name of the Rose
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes William must rise up…
Medieval
The story of 14th century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
Onibaba
While her son Kichi is away at war a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died…
Outlaw King
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio
Edition bilingue.
The Red Knight
Twenty eight florins a month is a huge price to pay, for a man to stand between you and the Wild.Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of…
Season of the Witch
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of…
The Decameron
A young Sicilian is swindled twice but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed;…
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