1322. Philip V dies; he is succeeded by his brother, Charles IV, on the throne of France.
Louis the Bavarian triumphs over his rival Frederick of Austria, who is captured.
Queen Isabella, while resident in the Tower of London, first sees Mortimer, who is brought there a prisoner.
Sir John Mandeville, an English exile in France, sets out on his eastern travels.
1323. Louis of Bavaria invests his son with the margraviate of Brandenburg.
1324. Commencement of Queen Isabella's guilty intimacy with Mortimer.
Birth of Wycliffe.[88]
Pope John XXII excommunicates Louis the Bavarian.
1325. Birth of John Gower, poet, and friend of Chaucer.
1326. Burgesses are first admitted into the Scotch Parliament.