Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events 1308 (approx.): Dante Alighieri begins to write the Divine Comedy.
Works published
1303: Handlyng Synne by Robert Mannyng of Brunne, a devotional work dealing with the theory and practice of morality
1307: Guillaume Guiart, Branche des Royaux lignages, revised version completed
Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
1300: Chūgan Engetsu (died 1375), Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains
1304: Petrarch (died 1374), Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists
Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1300: Guido Cavalcanti (born 1255), Italian poet Folquet de Lunel (born 1244), troubadour from Lunel (in the modern Hérault)
1301: Asukai Gayu (born 1241), Japanese waka poet Zahed Gilani (born 1216), a Persian Sufi
1302: Guan Hanqing (born 1225), Chinese playwright and poet in the Yuan dynasty Roger-Bernard III of Foix (born 1243), the Count of Foix, poet and troubadour
1304: Jehan de Lescurel (born unknown), French medieval poet and composer
1308: Trần Nhân Tông (born 1258), Vietnamese third emperor of the Trần dynasty who was also a prolific writer and poet
See also
Poetry 14th century in poetry 14th century in literature List of years in poetry Grands Rhétoriqueurs French Renaissance literature Renaissance literature Spanish Renaissance literature
Other events: Other events of the 14th century Other events of the 15th century
15th century: 15th century in poetry 15th century in literature
Notes