Pope Boniface VIII
r. 1294-1303
Bull Clericos Laicos prohibits taxation of clergy without papal approval
1296
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
r. 1519-1556
Queen Isabella
r. 1474-1504
Pope Gregory XI
r. 1370-1378
King Charles VIII of France
r. 1483-1498
The Hundred Years’ War ends
1453
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
r. 1467-1477
John Wycliffe
c. 1328-1384
Louis XI becomes King of France
1461
Pope Leo X
r. 1513-521
King Francis I
r. 1515-1547
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
r. 1419-1467
Pope Boniface VIII issues the bull Unam Sanctam
1302
King Louis XII
r. 1498-1515
During the Great Schism, there are two, and even three, rival claimants to the papacy
1378-1417
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
r. 1493-1519
King Philip II of Spain
r. 1556-1598
Henry Tudor becomes King Henry VII of England
1485
The Black Death sweeps through Italy
1347
Tomas de Torquemada
1420-1498
The Wars of the Roses
1455-1485
Council of Constance
1414-1418
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
1558-1564
The Spanish government orders the country’s Jews either to convert to Christianity of leave
1492
King Charles VIII’s invasion of Italy
1494
The Popes reside in Avignon during the Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy
1305-1378
The Hundred Years’ War
1337-1453
The Golden Bull establishes a system for the election of the Holy Roman Empire
1356
Pope Martin V
r. 1417-1431
John Hus is burned at the stake
1415
King Henry VII
r. 1485-1509
John Hus
c. 1369-1415
King Henry VIII
r. 1509-1547
King Ferdinand I of Spain
r. 1479-1516
King Louis XI
r. 1461-1483
England is torn by the Wars of the Roses
1455-1485
Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile
1469
Pope Clement V
r. 1305-1314
The election of Pope Martin V end the Great Schism
1417
King Philip IV
r. 1285-1314
Concordat of Bologna (giving French King administrative control over the church in France).
1516
Charles V becomes Holy Roman Emperor
1519
King Henry VI
r. 1422-1461
King Edward IV
r. 1461-1483
Pope Urban VI
r. 1378-1389