14th century in literature

See also: 13th century in literature, other events of the 14th century, 15th century in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• c.1330 - Production of the Macclesfield Psalter.
• 1331 - Production of the Nuremberg Mahzor.
• 1377 - Production of the earliest known copy of the Laurentian Codex.
• 1382 - Earliest recorded appearance of Wyclif's Bible.
• 1390 - Production of the Book of Ballymote.
• 1390s - Production of the Yellow Book of Lecan.
• 1397 - Kiev Psalter of 1397

New books

• ca. 1300
  • Gesta Romanorum, anon.
  • Marguerite Porete - The Mirror of Simple Souls
• ca. 1320-1330
  • Jacob of Liège – Speculum musicae
• 1321
  • Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy
• 1322
  • Robert of Basevorn - The Form of Preaching (date of first known MS)
• ca. 1330-1340 - Perceforest
• 1340
  • Ayenbite of Inwyt
• ca. 1350
  • The Tale of Gamelyn (anonymous)
• 1353
  • Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron
• 1369
  • Geoffrey Chaucer - The Book of the Duchess
• 1371
  • The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (anonymous)
  • Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry - The Book of the Knight of the Tower
• 1375
  • John Barbour - The Bruce
• 1382
  • Jacobus de Teramo - Consolatio peccatorum, seu Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum
• 1390
  • John Gower - Confessio Amantis
• 1390s
  • Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales
  • Julian of Norwich — Revelations of Divine Love
  • Sayana's commentary on the Vedas.
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • South English Legendary

Births

• 1304 - Francesco Petrarca, later known as Petrarch.
• 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio.
• 1320 - Lalleshwari, Hindu poet
• 1343 - Geoffrey Chaucer.

Deaths

• 1306 - Adam de la Halle
• 1316 (probable) - Ramon Llull
• September 14, 1321 - Dante Alighieri
• 1364 - Ranulf Higden, chronicler
• July 18, 1374 - Petrarch
• December 21, 1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio
• April, 1377 - Guillaume de Machaut
• 1392 - Lalleshwari
• 1395 - John Barbour
• October 25, 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucerpl:XIV wiek - literatura