Avignon Papacy
For nearly 70 years the popes live under the French king's wing
In 1309 Pope Clement V moved his residence to Avignon, placing the papacy under strong French influence. The popes returned to Rome only in 1377, shortly before the Western Schism.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- 1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — 15 years later
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 18 years later
Asia
- 1293 Founding of Majapahit — 16 years earlier
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — 16 years later
Alive at the time
- Marco Polo (aged 55)
- Dante Alighieri (aged 44)
- Osman I (aged 51)
- Philip IV the Fair (aged 41)
- Mansa Musa (aged 29)
- Orhan (aged 28)
- Emperor Go-Daigo (aged 21)
- Ivan Kalita (aged 21)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 5)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 4)