- Julian Of Norwich
Julian of Norwich is considered to be one of the greatest English mystics. Little is known of her life aside from her writings. Even her name is uncertain, the name "Julian" coming from the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she was an anchoress, meaning that she was walled into the church behind the altar during a mass for the dead. At the age of thirty, suffering from a severe illness and believing she was on her deathbed, Julian had a series of intense visions. - Roch
Saint Roch (Latin: Rochus; Italian: Rocco; French: Roch; Spanish and Portuguese: Roque; c. 1295 - 16 August 1327) was a Christian Saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague - Henry Knighton
Henry Knighton or Knyghton (died England circa 1396) was an Augustinian canon at the abbey of St. Mary of the Meadows, Leicester, England. He was a canon at the Abbey since at least 1363, since in that year he was recorded as being present during a visit from the King. He wrote a four-volume chronicle, first published in 1652, giving the history of England from 959 to 1366. A fellow canon completed the work in a fifth book, covering the years 1377 to 1395, … - Alfonso XI of Castile
Alfonso XI of Castile was the king of Castile and León, the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. He is variously known among Castillian kings as the Avenger or the Implacable, and as "He of Salado River." The first two names he earned by the ferocity with which he repressed the disorder of the nobles after a long minority; the third by his victory in the Battle of Rio Salado over the last formidable African invasion of Spain in 1340. - John Clyn
Brother John Clyn of the Friars Minor, Kilkenny was a 14th century Irish monk and chronicler who lived at the time of the Black Death. When the plague struck Clyn's monastery, it infected and ultimately killed every member. Clyn, the last survivor and infected himself, kept a journal in which he chronicled the deaths of every other person in his world. After burying the last of his brothers, he wrote: "So that notable deeds should not perish with time, … - Susanna Gregory
Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys, a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner's officer. She writes detective fiction, and is noted for her series of medieval mysteries featuring Matthew Bartholomew, a teacher of medicine and investigator of murders in 14th-century Cambridge. - Joan Of England
Joan of England (1335-1348) was the favorite daughter of King Edward III of England and his Queen, Philippa of Hainault. Joan, also known as Joanna, was born perhaps in February of 1333 in the Tower of London. As a child she was put in the care of Marie de St Pol, wife of Aymer de Valence, who was the foundress of Pembroke College. She grew up together with her sister Isabella, her brother Edward and their cousin Joan of Kent. - Francesco Traini
Francesco Traini was an Italian painter who was demonstrably active from 1321 to approx. 1365 in Pisa and Bologna. There is only one work which is known to be by Traini without doubt: in 1345 he signed and dated a polyptych of the Pisan church S. Caterina, showing Saint Dominic and eight hagiographic scenes (now in the Museo Nazionale, Pisa). - Chris Fehn
Christopher "Chris" Michael Fehn pronounced "Criss Fin" was born February 24, 1972 and is one of three percussionists in the nu metal band Slipknot. Chris uses a Pinocchio style mask, which has been seen in many different colors and styles with the nose of the mask always staying at 7 inches (about 19 cm) long. Chris was a college football kicker before the start of Slipknot. He does most of the backup vocals together with Shawn "Clown" Crahan, … - Johannes Tauler
Johannes Tauler (c. 1300 - 15 June 1361) was a German mystic theologian. He was born about the year 1300 in Strasbourg, and was educated at the Dominican order convent in that city, where Meister Eckhart, who greatly influenced him, was professor of theology (1312 - 1320) in the monastery school. From Strasbourg he went to the Dominican college of Cologne, and perhaps to St James's College, Paris, ultimately returning to Strasbourg. - Frederick William I of Prussia
Frederick William I of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia from 1713 until his death. He is popularly known as "the Soldier-King" ("der Soldatenkönig"). He was born in Berlin to Frederick I of Prussia and Sophia Charlotte of Hanover. His father had successfully acquired the title King for the margraves of Brandenburg. Frederick William's contributions to the state of Prussia primarily consisted of civil service reforms, … - Francesco di Marco Datini
Francesco di Marco Datini was an Italian merchant born in Prato around the year 1335. He was the only child of Marco Di Datino and Monna Vermigilia, who both died as a result of the Black death in 1348. After his parents death, he was raised by a woman whom he called his "substitute mother." Their relationship seems to have been a positive one. We see a letter from her signed "your mother in love." He became an apprentice of a merchant in Florence and when he was fifteen, … - Hamnet Shakespeare
Hamnet Shakespeare (baptized February 2 1585 - buried August 11 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare. Relatively little is known about the short life of this child, who might have carried on the Shakespeare family name had he survived to adulthood. Hamnet and his twin sister Judith were born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptized on February 2 1585 in Holy Trinity Church by Richard Barton of Coventry. - Gerolamo Cardano
Gerolamo Cardano or Girolamo Cardano (English Jerome Cardan, Latin Hieronymus Cardanus; September 24, 1501 - September 21 1576) was a celebrated Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler. He was born in Pavia, Italy, the illegitimate child of Fazio Cardano, a mathematically gifted lawyer who was a friend of Leonardo da Vinci. - Giovanni di Giovanni
Giovanni di Giovanni is one of the younger victims of the campaign against sodomy, waged in Florence since the Middle Ages against the majority male population of the city. He was convicted by the Podestà court of being the passive partner of a number of different men. He was labeled "a public and notorious passive sodomite." His punishment was to be paraded on the back of an ass, then to be publicly castrated. - Edward Of Portugal
Edward KG, called the Philosopher or the Eloquent, was the eleventh King of Portugal and the Algarve and second Lord of Ceuta from 1433 until his death. He was the son of John I of Portugal and his wife, Philippa of Lancaster, a daughter of John of Gaunt. As an infante, Duarte always followed his father, King João I, in the affairs of the kingdom. He was knighted in 1415, after the Portuguese capture of the city of Ceuta in North Africa, … - Ivan Alexander Of Bulgaria
Ivan Alexander, also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor ("Tsar") of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371, during the Second Bulgarian Empire. The date of his birth is unknown. He died on February 17 1371. The long reign of Ivan Alexander is considered a transitional period in Bulgarian medieval history. Ivan Alexander began his rule by dealing with internal problems and external threats from Bulgaria's neighbours, the Byzantine Empire and Serbia, … - Frederick Iii The Simple
Frederick III or IV (1 September, 1341- 27 January, 1377), called the Simple, King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377, was the second son of Peter II of Sicily and Elisabeth of Carinthia. He succeeded his brother Louis. The documents of his era call him the "infante Frederick, ruler of the kingdom of Sicily," without any regnal number. "Frederick the Simple" is often confused with an earlier Sicilian monarch, Frederick II, … - Pauline Gregg
Pauline Gregg (born July 17, 1909 - died March 11, 2006) was a British historian whose published works are concentrated upon the period of the English Civil Wars of the 17th century and the history of social life in Britain. Among her published titles are: *"King Charles I": Biography of Charles I. *"Free-Born John": Biography of John Lilburne. *"Modern Britain": A social and economic history since 1760. - Frances Of Rome
Saint Frances of Rome (Rome, 1384–Rome, March 9 1440), like many saints, was born of wealthy Italian parents. When she was eleven years old, she decided to be a nun, but within two years her parents married her off to Lorenzo Ponziano (or "de Ponziani"), commander of the papal troops of Rome. Although the marriage had been arranged, it was a happy one, lasting for forty years, partly because Lorenzo admired his wife and her sister, Vannozza, … - Peter Of Castile
Peter (or Pedro; August 30, 1334-March 23, 1369), sometimes called the Cruel ("el Cruel") or the Lawful ("el Justiciero"), was the king of Castile from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI and Maria of Portugal, daughter of Alphonso IV of Portugal. He was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Burgundy. Popular memory generally views Pedro as vicious monster. - Louis Of Sicily
Louis the Child (1337-16 October 1355) was king of Sicily, then called Trinacria, from 1342 to 1355. His father was Peter II, whom he succeeded at the age of five, and his mother was Elisabeth of Carinthia. His reign began under the joint regency of his uncle Giovanni, the duke of Randazzo, and his mother. He lived at Randazzo until 1347. In that year, the plague called the Black Death arrived. In 1348, the duke named Blasco II de Alagona, a Catalan, regent. - John de Ufford
John de Ufford or John de Offord (died May 2 or June 7, 1349) was chancellor and head of the royal administration to Edward III. - Robert Roswell Palmer
Robert Roswell Palmer (January 11, 1909 - June 11, 2002), commonly known as R.R. Palmer, was a distinguished historian of France. He is best known for his work as a history text writer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Palmer accelerated through the public schools, even winning a contest to write a play in Latin. He received his Ph. B.[Bachelor of Philosophy] from the University of Chicago in 1931 and PhD from Cornell University three years later. - Giovanni D'Andrea
Giovanni d'Andrea or Johannes Andreæ was an Italian expert in canon law, the most renowned and successful canonist of the later Middle Ages. His contemporaries referred to him as "iuris canonici fons et tuba" ("the fount and trumpet of canon law"). Most important among his works were extensive commentaries on all of the official collections of papal decretals, … - Maarten van Rossum
Maarten van Rossum (Zaltbommel, c.1490 – Antwerpen, June 7 1555). Was a Dutch, Guelderian to be exact, military tactician and later field marhal at the service of Charles of Guelders. His parents, Johan van Rossum, lord of Rossum and Johanna van Hemert probably married before 1478 and were part of the lower nobility around Bommelerwaard. During his life Maarten acquired the titles of lord of Poederoijen, Cannenburgh, Lathum, Baer and Bredevoort, … - John Of Eschenden
John of Eschenden was a fourteenth century English astrologer. He was supposed to have predicted the onset of the Black Death. He also was one of those applying astrological techniques to the Apocalypse. Eschenden's reputation was assured by the 1489 publication of the "Summa astrologiae judicialis" ("Summa Anglicana"), attributed to him. - Heinrich Dusemer
Heinrich Dusemer von Arfberg (died 1351) was the 21st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1345-51. Dusemer hailed from Swabia and joined the Teutonic Order in 1311. As a young knight he fought against the Lithuanians. Legend has it that he frequently would duel with Grand Duke Vytenis. Owing to his bravery and fighting prowess, he advanced in the Order's hierarchy quickly. - Bagrat V of Georgia
Bagrat V, “the Great” (died 1393) was the son of the Georgian king Davit IX with whom he was co-ruler from 1355, and became king after the death of his father in 1360. A fair and popular ruler, also known as a perfect soldier, he was dubbed as “Bagrat the Great” by his multiethnic subjects. The Trapezuntine chronicler Michael Panaretos, who knew the king personally, calls him a “prominent and victorious general”. - Walter de Manny 1st Baron Manny
Walter De Manny, 1st Baron Manny (d. 1372), soldier of fortune and founder of the Charterhouse, was a native of Hainaut, from whose counts he claimed descent. Manny - the name is thus spelt by most English writers - was a patron and friend of Froissart, in whose chronicles his exploits have a conspicuous and probably an exaggerated place. He appears to have first come to England as an esquire of Queen Philippa in 1327, … - Edward III of England III of England
Edward III (13 November 1312 - 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, he went on to transform the Kingdom of England into the most efficient military power in Europe. His reign saw vital developments in legislature and government-in particular the evolution of the English parliament-as well as the ravages of the Black Death. - John Argyropulus
John Argryopulus, or Argyropulos, or Argyropulo (c. 1416-1486), Greek humanist, one of the earliest promoters of the revival of learning in the West, was born in Constantinople, and became a teacher there, Constantine Lascaris being his pupil. He then appears to have crossed over to Italy, and taught in Padua in 1434, being subsequently made rector of the university. - Ieuan Gethin
Ieuan Gethin (fl. c. 1450) was a Welsh language poet. Ieuan is noted for elegy to his seven sons who all died during the devastation of the Black Death. - Peter Atte Wode
Peter Atte Wode (c. 1325 - bef 1382) was a Justice in Eyre for England south of the Trent from 1360-1367. He was probably born in Coulsdon in Surrey (now Greater London) according to Manning and Bray's "History of Surrey". The precise date of his birth is not known, but it is presumed to have been sometime before 1325. His father was Geoffrey Atte Wode (Abt 1297-1346), a Sergeant at Arms to Edward III and his mother was Anisia. - Moses ben Joshua
Moses ben Joshua, also known as Moses of Narbonne, Maestro Vidal Blasom, and Moses Narboni, was a medieval Catalonian philosopher and physician. He was born at Perpignan at the end of the thirteenth century and died sometime after 1362. He began studying philosophy with his father when he was thirteen and then studied with Moses and Abraham Caslari. He studied medicine and eventually became a successful physicians, … - Enguerrand VII de Coucy VII, Lord of Coucy
Enguerrand VII de Coucy (1340 - February 18, 1397, on crusade at Bursa), also known as Ingelram de Coucy, was a 14th century French nobleman, the last Sieur de Coucy, and the son-in-law of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Coucy also held the English title of 1st Earl of Bedford due to his marriage to Edward's daughter Isabella of England (1332-1382) and to English estates granted to the couple by Edward III. - Gregory Acindynus
Gregory Akindynos (ca. 1300-1348) was a Byzantine Greek theologian. A native of Prilep, he moved from Pelagonia to Thessaloniki and studied under Thomas Magistros and Gregory Bryennios. He became an admirer of Nikephoros Gregoras after he was shown an astronomical treatise of that scholar by his friend Balsamon in 1332, writing him a letter in which he calls him as "sea of wisdom". From Thessaloniki, he intended to move on to Mount Athos, but for reasons unknown, … - Eric XII of Sweden XII of Sweden
Eric XII Magnusson (1339-1359) was rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus II from 1356 to his death in 1359. Married to Beatrix of Bavaria, daughter of Louis IV of Bavaria. In 1343 Eric and his brother Haakon were elected heirs of Sweden respectively Norway. - Hallvard Graatop
Hallvard Torbjornson was born on the Vraalstad farm in Telemark, Norway around 1400. He was a farmer by trade, but politics intervened. The Black Death, which wrought havoc throughout Europe during the 14th century, had decimated the ruling families of Scandinavia. King Olav of Denmark and Norway was the last native ruler in Scandinavia. When he died in 1387, his wife Margareta took over the rule of those two countries and then Sweden as well. - Peter IV of Aragon IV of Aragon
Peter IV (September 1319 - 5 January 1387), called the Ceremonious or "El del Punyalet" ("the one of the little dagger"), was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica (as Peter I), King of Valencia (as Peter II), and Count of Barcelona (and the rest of the Principality of Catalonia as Peter III) from 1336 until his death.
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