A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, published in 1978, is a work by American historian Barbara Wertheim Tuchman ( January 30, 1912 - February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. ...Barbara Tuchman, focusing on life in (13th century _ 14th century _ 15th century _ more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ...14th century Europe.

To provide a central figure in ther sweeping narrative, Tuchman chose the French nobleman Enguerrand de Coucy, partly because he lived a relatively long life and could therefore stay in the story during most of the 14th century, but mostly because he was in the forefront of action, deep in the councils of both England and France. The book covers the cataclysms suffered by Europe in the 14th century: the This article is in need of attention. ...Hundred Years War, the This article concerns the epidemic of the mid_14th century. ...Black Plague, the papal The word schism, from the Greek σχισμα, schisma (from σχιζο, schizo, to split), means a division or a split, usually in an organization. ...schism, pillaging Mercenary (disambiguation). ...mercenaries, and popular revolts, including the Categories: France_related stubs | Medieval popular revolt | Middle Ages ...Jacquerie in France, ruthlessly suppressed by Enguerrand and his conntemporaries, the liberation of Switzerland and the The Battle of the Golden Spurs was fought on July 11, 1302, near Kortrijk in French attempt to annex the country of Flanders. ...Battle of the Golden Spurs.

Her most central text, as it is for any historian of the century, is Jean Froissart (~1337 _ ~1405) was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France. ...Jean Froissart.