14th century in literature

See also: 14th century in poetry, 13th century in literature, 15th century in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• c. 1330 – Production of the Macclesfield Psalter.
• 1331 – Production of the Nuremberg Mahzor.
• 1377 – Production of the earliest known copy of the Laurentian Codex.
• 1382 – Earliest recorded appearance of Wyclif's Bible.
• 1390 – Production of the Book of Ballymote.
• 1390s – Production of the Yellow Book of Lecan.
• 1397 – Kiev Psalter of 1397

New books

• c. 1300
  • Book of Taliesin – Taliesin, (c. 534 – c. 599), a Brythonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, c. early 14th century, the Book of Taliesin. Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the courts of at least three Celtic British kings.
  • Gesta Romanorum, anon.
  • Marguerite Porete – The Mirror of Simple Souls
• ca. 1320–1330
  • Jacob of Liège – Speculum musicae
• 1321
  • Dante Alighieri – The Divine Comedy
• 1330
  • Juan Ruiz – The Book of Good Love
  • Robert of Basevorn – The Form of Preaching (date of first known MS)
• ca. 1330–1340 – Perceforest
• 1340
  • Ayenbite of Inwyt
• ca. 1350
  • The Tale of Gamelyn (anonymous)
• ca. 1352
  • Wynnere and Wastoure (anonymous)
• 1353
  • Giovanni Boccaccio – The Decameron
• 1369
  • Geoffrey Chaucer – The Book of the Duchess
• 1371
  • The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (anonymous)
  • Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry – The Book of the Knight of the Tower
• 1375
  • John Barbour – The Bruce
• 1382
  • Jacobus de Teramo – Consolatio peccatorum, seu Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum
• 1390
  • John Gower – Confessio Amantis
• 1390s
  • Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales
  • Julian of Norwich — Revelations of Divine Love
  • Sayana's commentary on the Vedas.
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • South English Legendary

Births

• 1304 – Francesco Petrarca, later known as Petrarch.
• 1313 – Giovanni Boccaccio.
• 1320 – Lalleshwari, Hindu poet
• 1343 – Geoffrey Chaucer.

Deaths

• 1306 – Adam de la Halle
• 1316 (probable) – Ramon Llull
• 14 September 1321 – Dante Alighieri
• 1364 – Ranulf Higden, chronicler
• 18 July 1374 – Petrarch
• 21 December 1375 – Giovanni Boccaccio
• April 1377 – Guillaume de Machaut
• 1392 – Lalleshwari
• 1395 – John Barbour
• 25 October 1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer