14th century. The Papacy has moved to Avignon, France, and Rome is left abandoned. Europe is scourged by the Hundred Years War between France and England, and by the terrible Back Plague. In... Read all14th century. The Papacy has moved to Avignon, France, and Rome is left abandoned. Europe is scourged by the Hundred Years War between France and England, and by the terrible Back Plague. In opposition to the diffused vision of the Middle Ages as a time when women were oppressed,... Read all14th century. The Papacy has moved to Avignon, France, and Rome is left abandoned. Europe is scourged by the Hundred Years War between France and England, and by the terrible Back Plague. In opposition to the diffused vision of the Middle Ages as a time when women were oppressed, princess Bridget of Sweden becomes one of the points of reference for the Christian world... Read all