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→Plantaganet Era (1154-1485): 1320
*1295 King Edward I summons the [[w:Model Parliament|Model Parliament]], including members of the clergy and the aristocracy, as well as representatives from the various counties and boroughs.
*1296 The [[w:Stone of Scone|Stone of Scone]] was captured by Edward I as spoils of war and taken to Westminster Abbey, where it was fitted into a wooden chair, known as [[w:King Edward's Chair|King Edward's Chair]], on which most subsequent English sovereigns have been crowned.
*1320 [[w:Declaration of Arbroath|Declaration of Arbroath]], a declaration of Scottish independence, was submitted to Pope John XXII.
*1337-1453 [[w:Hundred Years' War|Hundred Years' War]] between England and France.
*1347 Death of [[w:William of Ockham|William of Ockham]], English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher and a supporter of the doctrine of [[w:Apostolic poverty|Apostolic poverty]], which was held by fundamentalist Franciscan and [[w:Mendicant orders|mendicant orders]], bringing them into conflict with the pope; also the author of ''[[w:Occam's razor|Occam's Razor]].