14th-century
Black Death period
Belonging to or characteristic of the years 1301–1400: 14th-century manuscripts, 14th-century Europe.
The century saw the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War, and the early stirrings of the Renaissance.
Like other century adjectives, it typically appears before a noun.
Of the Middle Ages
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- PlantagenetMedieval English dynasty
- Hundred Years WarProlonged medieval Anglo-French hostilities
Black Death · plague · chivalry · crusades · manuscripts · castles · knights · serfs
- Canterbury TalesMedieval English story collection
- BoccaccioItalian prose master
- DecameronHundred tales in ten days
- PetrarchMedieval Italian lyric poet
vernacular · allegory · courtly love · romances · ballads · troubadours · morality plays · mystery plays
Land-for-service social structure
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
guilds · merchants · flagellants · famine · tithes · manorialism · primogeniture · pilgrimage
Hand-adorned medieval book pages
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- GiottoTrecento Florentine painter
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
- polyptychMulti-panel hinged artwork
tempera · goldleaf · altarpiece · triptych · miniatures · tracery · gargoyles · stained glass
Principal churches of dioceses
- flying buttressesExternal arched wall supports
- pointed archesSpans peaking at apex
- rose windowsCircular ornate church glazing
- spiresTapering architectural towers
cloisters · keeps · fortifications · half-timbered · great halls · moats · battlements · portcullis
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- PlantagenetMedieval English dynasty
Hundred Years War · Black Death · plague · chivalry · crusades · manuscripts · castles · knights · serfs · peasantry
Chaucer
- Canterbury TalesMedieval English story collection
- BoccaccioItalian prose master
- DecameronHundred tales in ten days
Petrarch · vernacular · allegory · courtly love · romances · ballads · troubadours · morality plays · mystery plays · chronicles
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
peasants · guilds · merchants · flagellants · famine · tithes · manorialism · primogeniture · pilgrimage · monasticism
illuminated manuscripts
Hand-adorned medieval book pages
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- GiottoTrecento Florentine painter
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
polyptych · tempera · goldleaf · altarpiece · triptych · miniatures · tracery · gargoyles · stained glass · tapestries
cathedrals
Principal churches of dioceses
- flying buttressesExternal arched wall supports
- pointed archesSpans peaking at apex
- rose windowsCircular ornate church glazing
spires · cloisters · keeps · fortifications · half-timbered · great halls · moats · battlements · portcullis · thatched
14th-century21st-century
Present hundred-year span
contemporary · futuristic · present-day · 20th-century · current
14th-centuryancient
Very old indeed
prehistoric · Bronze Age · Iron Age · classical · antiquity
14th-centuryhigh-tech
Using newest innovations
cutting-edge · state-of-the-art · advanced · space-age · industrial
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