September 29 – Aragonese forces led by King
Peter III take the Muslim stronghold of
Montesa, putting an end to two years of
Mudéjar rebellion. The defeated Muslims are expelled from the realm and go into exile.[5]
England
November 17 – King
Edward I (Longshanks) raises the penalty for
coin clipping from banishment to execution. All Jews are subjected to arrest and search of their homes on suspicion of coin clipping. Some 680 Jews are imprisoned in the
Tower of London, with more than 300 subsequently executed. At this time, the Jewish population is believed to have been some 3,000.[6]
Levant
January – Charles I is crowned
King of Jerusalem, and is recognized by the kingdom's barons at
Acre. He surrenders the vicariate of
Tuscany to Nicholas III. His bailiff,
Roger of San Severino, appoints various Frenchmen from Charles' court as his chief officers.
Bohemond VII, count of
Tripoli (and nominal
Prince of Antioch), acknowledges Roger as lawful bailiff.[7]
Asia
May 8 – The 7-year-old Emperor
Duan Zong (or Zhao Shi) dies of illness. He is succeeded by his brother
Zhao Bing who becomes the last ruler of the
Song dynasty. Meanwhile, Mongol forces under the control of Mongol leader
Kublai Khan ("Great Khan") draw closer to the remnants of the Song imperial court.
The earliest known written copy of the Avesta, a collection of ancient sacred
PersianZoroastrian texts previously passed down orally, is produced.
Markets
Giles of Lessines writes his De usuris. He estimates that some credit contracts need not to be usurious, as "future things are not estimated to be of such value as those collected in the instant". The prevalence of this view in the usury debate allows for the development of the financial industry in
Roman Catholic Europe.[8]
^Fine, John Van Antwerp (1987). The Late medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, p. 193. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
ISBN0-472-08260-4.
^Fine, John Van Antwerp (1987). The Late medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, p. 186. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
ISBN0-472-08260-4.
^Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait, p. 75.
ISBN978-0-8122-2302-6.
^Clauss, M. (2010). Rogers, Clifford, J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology: Volume I, p. 552–554. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ISBN978-0195334036.
September 29 – Aragonese forces led by King
Peter III take the Muslim stronghold of
Montesa, putting an end to two years of
Mudéjar rebellion. The defeated Muslims are expelled from the realm and go into exile.[5]
England
November 17 – King
Edward I (Longshanks) raises the penalty for
coin clipping from banishment to execution. All Jews are subjected to arrest and search of their homes on suspicion of coin clipping. Some 680 Jews are imprisoned in the
Tower of London, with more than 300 subsequently executed. At this time, the Jewish population is believed to have been some 3,000.[6]
Levant
January – Charles I is crowned
King of Jerusalem, and is recognized by the kingdom's barons at
Acre. He surrenders the vicariate of
Tuscany to Nicholas III. His bailiff,
Roger of San Severino, appoints various Frenchmen from Charles' court as his chief officers.
Bohemond VII, count of
Tripoli (and nominal
Prince of Antioch), acknowledges Roger as lawful bailiff.[7]
Asia
May 8 – The 7-year-old Emperor
Duan Zong (or Zhao Shi) dies of illness. He is succeeded by his brother
Zhao Bing who becomes the last ruler of the
Song dynasty. Meanwhile, Mongol forces under the control of Mongol leader
Kublai Khan ("Great Khan") draw closer to the remnants of the Song imperial court.
The earliest known written copy of the Avesta, a collection of ancient sacred
PersianZoroastrian texts previously passed down orally, is produced.
Markets
Giles of Lessines writes his De usuris. He estimates that some credit contracts need not to be usurious, as "future things are not estimated to be of such value as those collected in the instant". The prevalence of this view in the usury debate allows for the development of the financial industry in
Roman Catholic Europe.[8]
^Fine, John Van Antwerp (1987). The Late medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, p. 193. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
ISBN0-472-08260-4.
^Fine, John Van Antwerp (1987). The Late medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, p. 186. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
ISBN0-472-08260-4.
^Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait, p. 75.
ISBN978-0-8122-2302-6.
^Clauss, M. (2010). Rogers, Clifford, J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology: Volume I, p. 552–554. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ISBN978-0195334036.