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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.^[1]
Ibn Khaldun begins work on the Muqaddimah.^[2]
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.^[3]
Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani returns to Shiraz from Constantinople to become a teacher.^[4]
Production of the earliest known copy of the Laurentian Codex.
Scottish poet John Barbour is rewarded for his latest work with ten pounds Scots.

^ Rossignol, Rosalyn (2006). Critical Companion to Chaucer: A literary Reference to His Life and Work. New York, NY: Facts on File. p. 612. ISBN 0816061939.
^ Ibn Khaldun (1989). The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. Back Cover. ISBN 0691017549.
^ Grant, Edward (2002). "Nicole Oresme". In Curren, Randall. A Companion to the Philosophy of Education. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0631216723.
^ Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (2008). The Reasonings: A Key to Understanding the Qu'ran's Eloquence. Somerset, NJ: Tughra Books. p. 50. ISBN 9781597841290.