Writers of the Renaissance

The atlas holds 26 people and 441 moments here, from 1300 to 1600. The most recorded lives are Ibn Khaldun and Thomas Hobbes.

Notable people

  1. Ibn Khaldun

    from 1362 to 1364

    2 moments here

    Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…

  2. Thomas Hobbes

    in 1588

    1 moment here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

Moments

  1. 1348 Black Death in Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  2. 1348 At Parma during the plague Petrarch
  3. 1349 Detours to Sardinia Ibn Battuta
  4. 1349 Canonry possession at Padua Petrarch
  5. 1350 First meeting with Petrarch near Florence Giovanni Boccaccio
  6. 1350 Mission to Ravenna for Dante’s daughter Giovanni Boccaccio
  7. 1350 Lands at Gibraltar Ibn Battuta
  8. 1350 Passes through Marbella Ibn Battuta
  9. 1350 Reaches Málaga Ibn Battuta
  10. 1350 Shelters at Sohail Castle Ibn Battuta
  11. 1350 Stays in Ronda Ibn Battuta
  12. 1350 Visits Granada Ibn Battuta
  13. 1350 Jubilee visit to Rome Petrarch
  14. 1351 Mission and meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
  15. 1351 Return to Vaucluse Petrarch
  16. 1351 Embassy to Ludwig of Bavaria Giovanni Boccaccio
  17. 1353 Peace embassy to Venice Petrarch
  18. 1353 Settlement in Milan Petrarch
  19. 1354 Papal embassy to Avignon Giovanni Boccaccio
  20. 1354 Meeting Charles IV at Mantua Petrarch
  21. 1355 Return to Naples Giovanni Boccaccio
  22. 1355 Visit to Montecassino Abbey Giovanni Boccaccio
  23. 1356 Diplomatic mission at Basel Petrarch
  24. 1356 Embassy at Prague Petrarch
  25. 1359 English campaign in France Geoffrey Chaucer
  26. 1359 Embassy to Bernabò Visconti’s court Giovanni Boccaccio
  27. 1360 Captured at the siege of Reims Geoffrey Chaucer
  28. 1361 Return visit to Ravenna Giovanni Boccaccio
  29. 1361 Withdrawal to Certaldo Giovanni Boccaccio
  30. 1361 Oration before the French king Petrarch
  31. 1362 Second disappointing stay in Naples Giovanni Boccaccio
  32. 1362 Residence at Palazzo Molina Petrarch
  33. 1362 Arrival in Nasrid Granada Ibn Khaldun
  34. 1363 Naples visit during spiritual crisis Giovanni Boccaccio
  35. 1363 Visit to Petrarch in Venice Giovanni Boccaccio
  36. 1363 Proceeding to Certaldo Giovanni Boccaccio
  37. 1364 Diplomatic visit to Seville Ibn Khaldun
  38. 1365 Embassy to Urban V at Avignon Giovanni Boccaccio
  39. 1365 Residence at Pavia Petrarch
  40. 1367 Embassy to the papal court in Rome Giovanni Boccaccio
  41. 1367 Venice visit Giovanni Boccaccio
  42. 1368 Final meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
  43. 1368 Meeting the emperor at Udine Petrarch
  44. 1369 Campaigning in France Geoffrey Chaucer
  45. 1370 Military expedition to Picardy Geoffrey Chaucer
  46. 1370 Illness at Ferrara Petrarch
  47. 1372 Final diplomatic speech in Venice Petrarch
  48. 1373 Diplomatic visit to Florence Geoffrey Chaucer
  49. 1373 Diplomatic visit to Genoa Geoffrey Chaucer
  50. 1373 Return to Arquà Petrarch

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