1358. Violent commotions in France. See "Insurrection of the Jacquerie in France," vii, [164.]
By a treaty of peace the Venetians resign Dalmatia and Istria to the King of Hungary; they agree to style their doge Duke of Venice only.
1359. Edward III again invades France, his terms of peace not being accepted.
1360. England and France conclude the treaty of Bretigny; King John II is set at liberty on payment of a heavy ransom.
Outbreak of the Children's Plague in England.
1361. End of the first ducal house of Burgundy.
Adrianople is conquered by Sultan Amurath I of Turkey.
All military operations in Europe suspended by the virulence of the plague.
1362. Edward III grants Aquitaine to his son, the Black Prince; he also celebrates his fiftieth birthday by a general amnesty and a confirmation of Magna Charta.
Conjectured beginning of Langland's Vision of Piers Plowman, a noted allegorical and satirical poem.[90]