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Another vacancy in the papal chair of more than two years.

311 Order of Knights Templar 1311. General Council at Vien
abolished. The barons in
England extort from Ed-
ward II. a reformation of
abuses. Parliaments are to
be held every year, and to
appoint to all important
offices.

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1311. Lyons united to France. 1312. Spain:-Alfonzo XI.

of Castile and Leon. 1314. Fr.:-Louis X.. (Hutin.)

Ger.-Louis of Bavaria, and Frederick of Austria, contend for the crown. 1315. Fr.:-Edict for the en franchisement of slaves.

Battle of Morgarten-the Austrians defeated by the Swiss.

1316. Fr.-Philip V.
(the Long) He succeeds by
virtue of the Salique law
now first established.

154 years.—Othman to the Full of the Eastern Empire.

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1347 Democracy at Rome, under Rienzi, the last of the To

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of Valois.

1332. France:-The Flemings revolt and acknowledge Edward III. as king of France.

1338. France:-War with Eng. land.

Germany:-Declaration of the Diet of Frankfort, that the pope had no temporal power in the empire.

Louis sides with the English against France.

1346. France: Normandy overrun by Edward, with his son, the Black Prince.French defeated at Cressy. Germany-Charies IV., king of Bohemia.

The empire offered to Edward III, who declines. 1350. France:-John, (the Good.)

1354. Rienzi killed.-Albernoz, 1355. Germany - Promulgacardinal legate, restores the papal dominion.

tion of the golden Bull. 1356. France-King John defeated and taken prisoner at Poitiers.-Charles the dauphin regent.

Insurrection in Paris.

1360. France:-John regains

his liberty-cedes much ter ritory to England.

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