1377 in literature

1377 in literature

Events

*May 10 – A deputy is appointed to take charge of Chaucer’s duties at customs, Chaucer being busy with diplomatic business.
*Geoffrey Chaucer makes two trips to France this year.
*Ibn Khaldun begins work on the "Muqaddimah".
*Nicole Oresme is elected bishop of Lisieux. Oresme's French translations from Latin versions of Aristotle are an important contribution to the development of the French language.
*Al-Jurjani returns to Shiraz from Constantinople to become a teacher.
*Production of the earliest known copy of the Laurentian Codex.
*Scottish poet John Barbour is rewarded for his latest work with ten pounds Scots.

Births

* May 2 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet (died 1445)

Deaths

*April - Guillaume de Machaut, French poet and composer


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