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14th Century A-Z

For each letter of the alphabet, guess these answers related to the years 1301–1400.
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Year
Hint
Answer
A
1309–77
French city which served as the seat of the Papacy
Avignon
B
1347–51
Plague which killed about 1/3rd of the population of Europe
Black Death
C
1387
Author who began work on "The Canterbury Tales"
Geoffrey Chaucer
D
1397
Country who entered into the "Kalmar Union" with Sweden and Norway
Denmark
E
1346
English heir who gained the nickname "The Black Prince" at the Battle of Crécy
Edward
F
1300s
Animal often blamed for the spread of B
Flea
G
1400
Flemish wool-trading center whose population of 70,000 made it the 10th largest city in Europe
Ghent
H
1337
Series of conflicts which started between England and France
Hundred Years' War
I
1300s
Period of cooler weather in Europe which started during this time period
Little Ice Age
J
1333
Country whose Muromachi Period began
Japan
K
1392
Peninsula where the Joseon dynasty came to power
Korea
L
1300s
Weapon which was instrumental to English victories in H
Longbow
M
1300s
Gold-rich empire whose capital was Timbuktu
Mali
N
1300s
German city considered by some to be the "unofficial capital" of the Holy Roman Empire
Nuremberg
O
1355
City where one hundred people were killed when local citizens fought students in the St. Scholastica Day riot
Oxford
P
1333
Country where Casimir the Great came to power
Poland
Q
1300s
Feathered serpent who was worshiped at the Great Pyramid of Cholula in modern-day Mexico
Quetzalcoatl
R
1300s
Cultural "rebirth" which started in Italy
The Renaissance
S
1353
Country whose "Old Confederacy" expanded to eight cantons
Switzerland
T
1300s
Steppe lord who conquered much of Central Asia, killing 5% of the world's population in the process
Timur the Lame
U
1320
The crime of lending money at interest which, according to Dante's "Inferno", consigned one to the 7th circle of hell
Usury
V
1300s
Italian naval power which fought multiple wars against Genoa
Venice
W
1305
Scottish patriot who was hanged, drawn, and quartered in London
William Wallace
X
1387
City on the Taiwan Strait where China built a fortress as a response to piracy
Xiamen
Y
1368
Chinese dynasty, established by Kublai Khan, which came to an end
Yuan
Z
1300s
City whose great enclosure was the largest stone structure in sub-Saharan African during this period
Great Zimbabwe
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19 Comments
WolfCam
+4
Level 67
Feb 23, 2018
Wow... the 1300s were a terrible time for Europe.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 24, 2018
Not so hot for Asia either!
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Feb 23, 2018
Brilliant, finding an answer for all of A to Z for such an obscure century!
fitheach
+1
Level 58
Aug 7, 2018
Obscure?
brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
Feb 24, 2018
I never knew that about Oxford, maybe they don't tell that tale to us students in case we try to repeat it...
ChipOtley
+4
Level 72
Mar 3, 2018
Oslo, Osaka, Orleans ... what other cities beginning with 'O' are there? Oh yeah, that one just down the road which I forgot
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Jul 31, 2018
Omsk, Odessa, Osnabruck, Oppeln, pre-Columbian Omaha
sillie
+2
Level 75
Feb 24, 2018
A typo where "Kulbai" should be "Kublai" ? - Otherwise great quiz, awesome with not being only about Europe, but around the world.
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Jun 19, 2018
There's still a typo in Kublai.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 19, 2018
Okay fixed
Algernon
+1
Level 74
Feb 24, 2018
Great seris of quizzes, those last two were tough. There were four or five answers that I had no notion about.
chondrichthyess
+2
Level 60
Mar 9, 2018
I just read up on the St. Scholastica day riot. Very interesting. Essentially a barfight that got out of hand and lasted 2 days.

I imagine there must have been building tensions between the locals and the students for quite a while before the incident

LouRo05
+1
Level 59
Jul 9, 2018
I surprisingly did way better on this one than the 20th or 19th century quizzes
wibblewobble
+1
Level 81
Jul 30, 2018
The "Black Prince" nickname is recorded in later writings after his death, at the time he was known as Edward of Woodstock
liviacolonna
+2
Level 21
Nov 18, 2021
Hey, just wanted to say that it should be 'insect' instead of 'animal' at letter F, as it could be confused with rat.
VanilleFramboise
+4
Level 80
Dec 7, 2021
Rat doesn't begin with an F though so it can't be the answer, and insects are animals.
Asturias
+1
Level 74
Jul 28, 2023
AVIGNON MENTIONNED ↖(^▽^)↗
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Apr 15, 2026
It would be really nice if we could have "Tamburlaine" as a type-in for T
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Apr 16, 2026
Just missed Ghent
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