Political Leaders in Avignon

The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 218 BC to 1928. The most recorded lives are Giovanni Boccaccio, John Locke and Hannibal.

Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1354 to 1365
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
John Locke
in 1676
1 moment here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Hannibal
in 218 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1928
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…