1195 1334 Grand Tribunal of 1334: Regarding the declaration of Loch Leglean that the Knights Hospitaller are Enemies of the Order, the Grand Tribunal rules the declaration too broad, and that only the knights of Torphichen Priory be considered enemies.
The Grand Tribunal orders Bellaquin covenant to pay seventy pawns to House Mercere for interfering with a Redcap.
Avarret, Primus Bonisagus, proposes that Tribunals conduct business only in Latin; the Tribunal criticizes Loch Leglean for often conducting business in Gaelic, but refuses to compel tribunals to conduct themselves in Latin. [WGRE] Regarding language, the quaesitores note that they must use Latin to officiate.
This was the smallest Tribunal in centuries, as Stonehenge was not represented, other than by Prima Ex Miscellanea.
1195 1334 Stonehenge: Quaesitor Trutina joins Burnham covenant. [HtM]
1196 1335 Rome: Quaesitor Tamgor tours the Roman Tribunal. [Rome]
C. 1196 C. 1335 Provencal: Maga Consuelia, founder of Mistridge covenant, vanishes on the slopes of Mount Tierne. The maga apparently went there willingly, and no evidence of violence is noted.
1197 1336 Hibernia: Ashenrise covenant destroyed by demons. [WGRE]
C. 1197 C. 1336 Hibernia: A magus of Cliffheart covenant revealed to be a diabolist. The other magi of Cliffheart are cleared by a quaesitoreal investigation [OoH].
C. 1197-1220 C. 1337-1359 At some point in this period, Primus Vancasitum dies and Tertious of Doissetep becomes the Primus of Flambeau. Traditionally, the Primus transfers residence from his former covenant to the Domus Magna, but in this case Val-Negra is lost and Doissitep becomes Domus Magna Flambeau. [HoH] How did Tertious know that Vancasitum was dead if Val-Negra is inaccessible?
1198 1337 Innocent III named Pope. [History]
1198 1337 A new Crusading order is founded to defend a hospital in Acre. The order, the Teutonic Knights, is open only to Germans. [History]
1198 1337 Magus Caritopulus of Flambeau issues a call to destroy hedge wizards across Europe to prevent them from gaining power and destroying the Order. His call is widely ignored, as he is considered easily alarmed. [OoH]
1198 1337 Rome: Quaesitor Jarane travels to Rome to investigate the activities of the tribunal covenants. His investigations and intervention amount to little. [Rome]
1198 1337 Rhine: Rumor claims that a German covenant purchases twelve indulgences in one night, Allhallow’s Eve. [ME] Unlikely.
1199 1338 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1338.
1199 1338 Hibernia: Ashenrise refounded and dedicated to fighting demons. Magus Caecus of Ashenrise removes to Provencal Tribunal. [WGRE, OoH]
1200 1339 Iberian Tribunal of 1339: The subject of support for Christian and Moorish mortals again ends the Tribunal in dissension between Reconquista and Roman covenants. [Iberia]
1200 1339 Stonehenge Tribunal of 1339 at Blackthorn inquorate. [HtM]
1200 1339 Normandy Tribunal of 1339: Maga Pugnatis found guilty of interfering with mortals, and ordered to enchant items to allow magi to hide from them. [WGRE] The details of her crime are curiously absent.
1200 1339 Thebes Tribunal of 1339: Magus Aescliops of House Jerbiton, itinerant, is noted to have marked any room he resided in as his sanctum; the Tribunal rules that although no mage may mark a covenant room as a sanctum without permission, any mage may mark a sanctum for any period, so long as it marks his true residence. [WGRE] Compare to the ruling of the Greater Alps Tribunal, 1304.
1200 1339 Rhine Tribunal of 1339: Covenant Fengheld complains that Maga Odorpes of Bjornaer had failed to collect and provide six pawns of vis per season as she had agreed; Odorpes argues that she had provided six pawns each season except for Winter, when she hibernated in the shape of her heart-beast, a bear; Tribunal rules that she is still responsible for her obligations, since she chose to spend her winters as a bear, and must make up the difference within seven years. [WGRE]
1200 1339 Rome: Rebelling Italian cities ask for Hermetic aid, offering silver and patronage if they aid in their battles. [Rome]
1200 1339 A new Crusade announced against the pagans of the Baltic coast. A new order, the Knights of the Sword, is organized to prosecute the Crusade. [History]
1201 1340 The Fourth Crusade to the Levant begins, poorly. The Crusade gathers at Venice, but lacks the money for passage. The doge agrees to transport them if the Crusaders will help him return the city of Zara to his control and give him half of any booty. [History]
1201 1340 Stonehenge: Covenant Nigrasaxa founded in Suffolk. [HtM]
1201 1340 Stonehenge: The new covenant of Nigrasaxa calls for a tribunal and several covenants agree to attend. Blackthorn hosts the tribunal. Each Stonehenge Tribunal thereafter has been a year late. The local Redcap network is reorganized to prevent further inquorate meetings. [HtM]
1202 1341 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1341 at Coeris. Around this period, some followers of Tremere are now known to have experimented with vampirism, and possibly other forms of unliving existence.
1202 1341 The whole of the Fourth Crusade is excommunicated for the sack of Zara. [History]
1203 1342 Pilantius of Stonehill covenant writes letter to the deacon of a church near Lyon regarding Dark Magi. [Maleficium]
1203 1342 Normandy: A mortal monk named Eustace puts aside his vows to inherit his father’s lands. It is said that in earlier years Eustace the Monk had learned magic in the city of Toledo. [History, Legend] See 1344.
1204 1343 Thebes: Fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade, Constantinople sacked. [History]
1204 1343 Causabon of Bonisagus completes his Physiologus Hermeticum, a bestiary based mainly on the classic Physiologus. He includes elements from other bestiaries to fill in and compliment his work. [MB] It is not widely circulated, or at least Caprea seems unfamiliar with it.
1204 1343 The remaining Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade disbands after being decimated by plague and desertions. The Crusade had been foiled by morale problems, lack of funding, and poor leadership. It has sacked two Christian cities, been excommunicated, and failed to impact the Saracens at all. [History] Thus demonstrating that Crusades can be fragile.
1205 1344 Thebes: Hoplitic Pact of Byzantium formed in the wake of the sack of Constantinople, allying House Jerbiton with the Order of Geonim to defend Jewish Quarters from mortal destruction. [Kabbalah]
C. 1205 C. 1344 Ruprecht de Solange of House Tremere, Leczya covenant, claims his sigil. [DatB] Frania Popovich of Tremere, also of Leczya, is also a sigil-holder in 1360, making Leczya a notable center of power in House Tremere.
1205 1344 Novgorod: Most recent claimed sighting of Stolitzya "The Swimmer," by Susan of Wicklow. [DatB]
1205 1344 Normandy: Eustace the Monk quarrels with the Count of Boulogne and enters the service of John of England as a sea captain. He spends several years plaguing the Count with his ship, cunning, and magic. [History, Legend] See 1351.
1206 1345 Novgorod: Yannes Kolski suffers a prolonged Twilight and issues an extended series of prophecies, the Yannes Discourse. This may have been his Final Twilight, but the issue is not settled. [DatB] Magus Yannes disappeared in 1355, while returning from Thousand Caves. His fate remains a mystery.
1206-1280 1345-1419 Rhine: Lifetime of St. Albertus Magnus, philosopher and possible mage. Teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas, authority, lecturer, wise man, preacher, and papal legate. [History, Legend]
1207 1346 Normandy Tribunal of 1346: Maga Pugnatis, having failed to produce the items she was ordered to by the Tribunal of 1339, and failing to present herself to Tribunal, is expelled from the Order. [WGRE]
1207 1346 Iberia Tribunal of 1346: Laertia of Jerbiton reports to the Tribunal on shamanism and the spirit world. [Shamans]
Just before the close of the Tribunal, Terrace of Jerbiton brings illegally obtained evidence of diabolism. Baruch of Guernicus uses Summoning the Distant Image to examine the grounds of Jaferiya. Magi of Jaferiya covenant cast out for diabolism. The magi of Jaferiya escape the Tribunal through magic and diabolic aid. [Iberia] No known penalty assigned to Terrace or Baruch.
1207 1346 Provencal Tribunal of 1346: Praeco Oxioun and Chief Quaesitor Protantus order the covenants of Provencal to remain hidden and uninvolved in the expected Crusade against the mortal heretic Cathars. [MND]
1207 1346 Iberia: Start of the Shadow Wars in Iberia: Diabolic Flambeau, "The Flaming Shadow," in Iberia hunted and gradually eliminated. The Flaming Shadow destroys two covenants and slay most of their inhabitants by the Tribunal of 1353 AA. Fifty magi are slain by the Shadow in seven years, and only three of the renegades are destroyed. [Iberia]
1207-1214 1346-1353 House Flambeau investigated for diabolic activity after discovery of the diabolic Flaming Shadow band. [Iberia]
1208 1347 Stonehenge Tribunal of 1347: Glenius of Bonisagus reports on encounters with shamans in Novgorod. [Shamans]
The Tribunal rules that no covenant may put more than two pounds of magically created silver per resident, magus or mortal, into circulation. [HtM]
1208 1347 Albigensian Crusade declared against the Cathars of Provencal. These Cathars are heretics in the eyes of the Church, the dispute concerning whether the world and its creator are intrinsically evil. [History] How different from the Hermetic view.
1208 1347 Iberia: Arch-Magus Karendos forms a group of Flambeau to hunt his filius, Rasus, a Renounced magus of Jaferiya. He confronts Rasus in this year, but the renegade calls on demons to oppose his Pater and escapes. Karendos suffers Twilight and must retire from the hunt. [Iberia]
1208 1347 Stonehenge: The mortal kingdom of England is placed under an interdiction by Pope Innocent III, forbidding the administration of the sacraments, for the interference of King John in Church elections. [History]
1209 1348 Provencal: The city of Bezier destroyed in Albigensian Crusade. [History]
1209 1348 Stonehenge: King John is excommunicated for interfering in Church elections. [History]
1210 1349 Iberia: Matlus of Jerbiton, Praeco of the Iberian Tribunal, is found dead with ash on his hands and a circle of ash on his right temple. Cause of death unknown. Terrace of Jerbiton, now eldest, elevated to Praeco.
1210 1349 Appolonius of Jerbiton is given the gift of Arcane Memory by Order of Geonim. [Kabbalah]
1210 1349 Stonehenge: Foundation of Libellus, in Suffolk. [HtM]
1210 1349 Rome: The Holy Roman Emperor is excommunicated by the Pope for his military adventures in southern Italy, but the Emperor finishes his conquest of the territory. [History]
1210 1349 Two Seekers, Alphonsus and Tabitha Ex Miscellanea, tour Ultima Thule. [UT]
1211 1350 Special Tribunal: A Wizard’s March is declared against the vampiric Tremere. The Quaesitores had been investigating these magic-vampire hybrids for some years. [HoH] The events around the March are unclear.
1212 1351 Provencal: Children's Crusade: Thousands of children march on the Holy Land, eventually sold into slavery in the city of Marseilles. [History]
1212 1351 Last report of a Tremere Vampire. [HoH] The last Tremere vampires destroyed exactly two hundred years after the destruction of Diedne.
1212 1351 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1351 at Coeris.
1212 1351 Novgorod: Three Lakes Covenant celebrates its bicentenary, and decides to take on apprentices. They are attentively trained, and flourish. [DatB] This dedicated training is rare and laudable.
1212 1351 Iberia: Magi of the Flaming Shadow support a Christian army at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. [Iberia]
1212 1351 Iberia: Seige and Fall of Badajoz to Castile, following the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Muslim sorcerors living in the city employ djinn to defend it. Magicians serving the Castillians oppose the Muslim sorcerors; a two day battle rages around the Tower of the Djinn, ending in a massive explosion destroying the tower and killing many. All the sorcerors die, along with many of their servants. Many Muslim devices are scattered across the city and nearby land, from the force of the explosion. [ME]
1212 1351 Rhine: Magus Carolus of Jerbiton visits Crintera, Domus Magna of Bjornaer. While there, his familiar is blinded by Maga Caprea of Bjornaer when it enters the covenant library. [MBRE]
1212 1351 Stonehenge: King John of England and the Count of Boulongne make an alliance. The sea-captain Eustace the Monk, the Count’s enemy and John’s former man, departs John’s service, enters the service of Prince Louis of France, and bedevils both the king and count with his wits and magic. [History, Legend] See 1354.
1213 1352 Maga Murion of Bonisagus elevated to Prima of her House. [HoH]
1213 1352 Arash of Criamon renounces the Order for Judaism. He is protected by Criamon magi until he can escape to a Jewish quarter in Baghdad. [Kabbalah]
1213 1352 Stonehenge: King John is absolved by the archbishop he had opposed. The king becomes a Papal vassal and all his lands become Papal fiefs. [History]
1214 1353 Novgorod Tribunal of 1353: A delegation of shamans & shapechangers arrives at the Novgorod Tribunal seeking alliance with the Order. The issue is discussed at length, but the matter of bringing it up to the Grand Tribunal is tabled. In the meanwhile, the visitors are told to join House Ex Miscellanea. [Shamans]
The quaesitores of Three Lakes are asked to consider if Yannes Kolski has entered Final Twilight.
Thousand Caves accuses Pripet Maior of brutally suppressing mortals in the Pripet Marshes. Pripet Maior accuses Thousand Caves of despoiling wilderness.
Finally, the Tribunal is stunned by the revelations of Thousand Caves covenant, which shares with the Tribunal its investigations and success in affecting Auras, involving Faeries, mortal worship, and magi-priests.
The tribunal is closed after the quaesitores announce that they will investigate both Thousand Caves and Pripet Maior. [DatB] The reason for the shamans and shapeshifters to seek an alliance was not made clear. Possibly they recognized the influence of the Order, or sought protection from another influence.
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1214 1353 Iberia Tribunal of 1353: Iberian Covenants form a pact of mutual defense in response to the Flaming Shadow. [Iberia]
1214 1353 Loch Leglean Tribunal of 1353: Magus Erdras Tan-Gwyllt of Flambeau is cast out of the Order for setting her apprentice a gauntlet that kills several of her mortal enemies; the Tribunal absolves Magus Curwin, the former apprentice, and rules that magi are responsible for their apprentices even in gauntlet. [HoH] Compare to the ruling of the Iberian Tribunal of 1311.
1214 1353 Rhine Tribunal of 1353: Maga Caprea of Bjornaer is found guilty of harming Magus Carolus’ familiar and is sentenced to produce a bestiary using her own resources. [MBRE]
After the Tribunal, three magi, Signum Irruptus of Criamon, Theoderich of Jerbiton, and Pancrestis of Bonisagus, decide to establish a covenant in Denmark, on the island of Zealand, in the ruins of Lethra town, which they name Heorot covenant, after the Hall of King Beowulf. [UT] The magi of Heorot did not seek any permission to colonize, which may yet cause them difficulty, as Denmark lies within Ultima Thule, which is ceded to Novgorod Tribunal. That Tribunal is ever fearful of Rhine magi expanding into their territories.
1214 1353 Saracen sorcerers found a school of sorcery in Oran, in Africa, using the profits from defending the merchant ships of Oran from pirates. [ME]
1214-1294 1353-1433 Life of Roger Bacon, monk, inventor, and reputed magician. He is said to have the advice of a bronze head, which may or may not be the one that advised Pope Sylvester II. [History, Legend] He is also said to have constructed the bronze head, as are Vergil and Sylvester II.
1215 1354 The Fourth Lateran Council prohibits trial by ordeal and requires Jews and Muslims to wear distinct clothing or patches, frees Christian debtors from interests on loans from Jews, excludes Jews from positions of authority over Christians, and requires all Christian orders to hold regular meetings. Pope Innocent III calls for a new crusade to the Levant at this council. [History]
1215 1354 Stonehenge Tribunal of 1354, one year late, but quorate. [HtM]
1215 1354 Stonehenge: Prince Louis of France invades England. The sea-captain Eustace the Monk lands knights, soldiers, and siege engines for his lord. He is said to know how to make his ships invisible to mortal eyes. [History, Legend] See 1356.
1215-1216 1354-1355 Novgorod: Quaesitor delegation visits Pripet Maior and Thousand Caves. They intend to issue findings at the Tribunal of 1360. [DatB]
1216 1355 Novgorod: Magus Yannes Kolski, possibly in Final Twilight, disappears after visiting Thousand Caves Covenant. [DatB] His fate remains mysterious.
1216 1355 Loch Leglean: Thomas Verus of Mercere writes about Loch Leglean Tribunal. [LotN]
1217 1356 Fifth Crusade begins.
1217 1356 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1356.
1217 1356 Novgorod: Pripet Maior raids Thousand Caves, in direct violation of Tribunal traditions. [DatB]
1217 1356 Stonehenge: A great sea battle at Sandwich, on the second day of Virgo, in which Eustace the Monk is killed. His invisible ships are revealed to the English sea captains by a mariner, Stephen Crabbe of Winchelsea, formerly under Eustace’s command. Stephen battles his old captain and kills him by beheading. The French fleet is then destroyed by a tempest, apparently at the instigation of St. Bartholomew, or perhaps a mage calling himself Bartholomew, who appears in air above the English and tells them to fear not. [History, Legend]
1218 1357 Iberia Duresca, Barcelona, Estancia-es-Karida linked by Hermes Portals under Iberian Defense Pact. [Iberia]
1218 1357 Innocent III dies. [History]
1220 1359 Rhine: Magus Sicero of Tremere joins Triamore covenant. [Triamore]
1220 1359 Provencal: The controversial Wizard's Grimoire assembled at Doissetep, compiled through the efforts of Occultis of Bonisagus and others. [WGRE] The wise Occultis is to be praised for his efforts!
1220 1359 The German king Frederick is crowned Holy Roman Emperor after promising to undertake a new Crusade. The Emperor is quickly embroiled in restoring order in Sicily. [History]
1220 1359 Magus William Fireheart of Ungulus, last of that covenant’s line of Flambeau, killed in Wizard’s War with a mage of Fudarus. [HtM] The volatile William Fireheart had dodged Renunciation for years, and was no doubt pleased to die in battle.
1220 1359 The hedge wizard Michael Scot becomes court magician for Emperor Frederick II. [HM]
1221 1360 Rhine: Caprea filia Equus Minor of House Bjornaer completes her bestiary, based mainly on Pliny’s Historia Naturalis and the original Physiologus. She makes multiple copies, one to be placed in the library of Durenmar and the rest circulated throughout the Order. It disagrees with the Physiologus Hermeticum of Causabon on some points. [MBRE]
1221 1360 Fifth Crusade ends.
1222 1361 Stonehenge Tribunal of 1361: Late but quorate. [HtM]
1222 1361 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1361 at Coeris.
1222 1361 Novgorod: A new terror out of the East: a barbarian people called the Mongols appear in the east of the Tribunal. [History]
1223 1362 Novgorod: The Mongols defeat a large mortal army of Russians and Cumans, then mysteriously depart. [History]
C. 1223 and later C. 1362 and later Provencal: Refugees from the Albigensian Crusade, including magi of Bellaquin, find haven at Mistridge covenant. The population of Mistridge triples, and the council of Mistridge increases from four to twelve. The covenant becomes an important center of resistance to the Crusaders.
Mistridge is eventually cautioned by the Tribunal against becoming overly involved in mortal concerns. [Mistridge] The tale of Mistridge gives an important caution against magi who think to oppose the Crusaders of the Church.
1224 1363 Rome: Emperor Frederick II offers patronage to the covenant of Literatus. [Rome] This emperor is noted for his learning and patronage of the wise.
1224 1363 Rome: Filii of Literatus found a new covenant in Naples. [Rome] Naples covenant may have been founded with the Emperor’s aid; the issue is not clear.
1226 1365 Rome: Other covenants in Rome seek to undermine the alliance of Literatus and the Emperor. [Rome]
1227 1366 Tribunals of the year 1367 held in 1366, to prepare for the Grand Tribunal of the next year. Presumably the Stonehenge Tribunal, late one year since 1341, will synchronize with the Order. [WGRE]
1227 1366 Hibernia: Magus Caecus of Tytalus visits and speaks to the Hibernian Tribunal on the subject of grogs, urging their humane and just treatment. His speech is received with mixed opinions. [Saga Pack] Magus Caecus is known to be sympathetic to grogs and mundane soldiers.
1227 1366 Sixth Crusade: Emperor Frederick II embarks on crusade, seven years after promising it. His army is stricken with fever and delayed; Frederick is, after 20 days delay, excommunicated for malingering. [History]
1228 1367 Grand Tribunal of 1367: No rulings noted.
1228 1367 Pope Gregory IX invades the Emperor’s lands. [History]
1228 1367 The Sixth Crusade finally departs under the Emperor’s command. It lands in Egypt with little opposition. [History]
1229 1368 The Sixth Crusade secures Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth, and a corridor of land, all in six months. [History]
1229 1368 The Emperor returns and quickly drives out his foes. [History]
1230 1369 The Pope and Emperor reconciled; the Emperor is absolved. [History]
1230-1234 1369-1373 Novgorod: A civil war between the Knights of the Sword and the Church, over the conduct of the Knights toward their ecclesiastical superiors. [History] This points to a disunity in the Church, possibly of use if a Crusade is preached against the Order.
C. 1231 C. 1370 Papal Bull Excommunicamus forms the Inquisition to root out heresy. They focus initially on the Albigensian movement, under the guidance of the Dominicans. [History]
1232 1371 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1371 at Coeris.
1232 1371 Normandy: A mortal, Hubert de Burgh, is accused of taking from the vaults of the king of France a magic gemstone that conferred invincibility in combat, and delivering it to an enemy of the king. [History] The origin of the gem is uncertain.
1235 1374 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1374.
1237 1376 Rome: The magi of Literatus oppose a group of diabolists in Milan. [Rome]
1237 1376 Novgorod: The Knights of the Sword subordinated to the Teutonic Knights. This is intended to resolve lingering problems of obedience by the Knights of the Sword. The Teutonic Knights descend hereafter into brutality and barbarism. [History] Indicating deep corruption among the Crusaders by this point.
1237 1376 The Mongol Horde returns and conquers much of eastern Europe. In the midst of this, the Teutonic Knights wage war on the Russians, who are caught between two invading armies. [History]
1238-1311 1377-1450 Life of Arnold of Villanova, physician and alchemist. [History, Legend]
1239 1378 Emperor Frederick II excommunicated for the second time. The Pope calls him a heretic, rake, and the Anti-Christ. [History]
1240 1379 Rome: Magi of Literatus covenant help Frederick II capture hundreds of clergy. A special Tribunal disbands the covenant later in this year. [Rome]
1241 1380 Novgorod: County of Leczyca raided by Mongols, effect on Leczyca covenant unclear. [History, DatB]
1241 1380 Novgorod: The Mongols devastate the nobility of eastern Europe at the Battle of Liegnitz. They withdraw later in the year, as mysteriously as they had come, but keep control over Russia. [History]
1242 1381 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1381 at Coeris.
1243 1382 Rhine: Famine sweeps Germany, spurred by a plague of rats. [History]
C. 1244 C. 1383 Provencal: Mistridge covenant has drastically weakened in the face of the Albigensian Crusade. It has acquired new enemies both in and out of the Order and most or all of its senior magi have died or gone mad. [Mistridge]
1245 1384 Emperor Frederick II deposed by order of the Pope. Civil war breaks out across Germany. [History]
1246 1385 Provencal: Mistridge covenant destroyed after an extended siege. The survivors flee deeper into the Pyrenees and refound the covenant with a new council, the senior magi all having Passed, died, or vanished. [Mistridge] The fate of Magus Grimgroth is the most mysterious; after leading his covenfolk out of danger, he rode to nearby Mount Tierne, and vanished on its slopes.
1247 1386 Rome: Some magi of this tribunal move against demons afflicting the court of Emperor Frederick II. [Rome] Whether the Emperor himself is influenced by demons is hotly disputed.
1248 1387 Seventh Crusade, led by Louis IX of France begins.
1248 1387 A new Cathedral is begun in Cologne to more greatly honor the Relics of the Three Magi. Their reliquary has become a great pilgrimage site, and the old cathedral is considered inadequate. [History] This new cathedral remains unfinished at the date of this History.
1248 (May 22) 1387 (II Gem) A total eclipse of the sun progresses across Europe, beginning in Hibernia and crossing to Levant in the space of four hours, ending over Jerusalem. [History] Effect hotly debated and highly anticipated.
1250 1389 Seventh Crusade ends with the rout of the French in Egypt. [History]
1250 1389 Emperor Frederick II dies. [History]
1252 1391 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1391 at Coeris.
1253 1392 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1392.
1254 1393 The Great Interregnum. The Imperial Throne remains empty from the death of Conrad IV to the reign of Rudolph, nineteen years later. [History]
C. 1258 C. 1397 Germany and Italy afflicted by crop failure, famine, and disease. These disasters are thought to be Divine punishment for widespread sin. This in turn gives rise to the flagellant movement, whose members live in strict discipline, wear uniforms, and conduct public and private self flagellation to atone for the sins that have offended God. [History]
1259 1398 Rome: Some magi of this tribunal wage a campaign against demon-influenced rulers in northern Italy. [Rome]
1261 1400 Grand Tribunal of 1400: No rulings noted.
The Fifteenth Century of the Age of Aries. In the mortal world, this is a century of increased conflict between Church and kings. The Church presses a claim of universal authority stemming from its spiritual authority, but falls increasingly under the influence of the French crown, who it has come to rely on for military aid.
1262 1401 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1401 at Coeris.
1266 1405 Rome: A mortal, Charles of Anjou, was some years before crowned king of Sicily by the Pope. In this year he arrives to press his claim, and among his advisors are the magi of Windgraven. This leads to a period of Roman-Provencal Tribunal friction. [History, Rome]
1270 1409 Eighth Crusade, led by Louis IX of France. The army is afflicted by plague after landing in Carthage, and the king dies. [History]
1271 1410 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1410.
1272 1411 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1411 at Coeris.
1273 1412 The Great Interregnum ends after nineteen years with the election of Rudolf I. [History]
1282 1421 Rome: In this year, the magi of the Provencal covenant Mistridge begin a campaign to oppose their old enemy, Windgraven, in the Roman tribunal. [Rome]
1282 1421 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1421 at Coeris.
1284 1423 Rhine: A strange piper leads away the rats of Hamelin using the magical music of his pipe. After the people of that town refuse his fee, he leads away their children. [History, Legend] Whether he was Demon, Faerie, or Hedge Wizard, we know not.
1289 1428 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1428.
1292 1431 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1431 at Coeris.
1294 1433 Grand Tribunal of 1433: The Roman and Provencal Tribunals clash over issues of cross-tribunal interference and meddling in mortal affairs. [Rome]
1294 1433 Stonehenge: Famine in England, possibly due to excessive exporting of grain. [History]
1300 1439 Iberia: Last of the known diabolic Flaming Shadow magi killed. [Iberia]
1302 1441 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1441 at Coeris.
1307 1446 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1446.
1307-1314 1446-1453 The Knights Templar are accused of heresy and idolatry, discredited, tried, and the leaders of the order executed. The surviving Templars are spread through other Crusading orders and the lands of the Templars seized by local mortal authorities. [History] It seems that the kings to whom the Templars loaned money did not wish to pay it back.
1309 1448 Papal seat removed to Avignon. [History]
1312 1451 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1451 at Coeris.
1315 1454 A three year famine strikes western Europe. [History]
1320 1459 Pope John XXII issues Bull Super Illius Specula, condemning ritual magic as diabolism and heresy. [History]
1322 1461 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1461 at Coeris.
1325 1464 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1464.
1327 1466 Grand Tribunal of 1466: No rulings noted.
1327 1466 Rhine: A great fire burns much of Munich. [History]
1332 1471 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1471 at Coeris.
1337 1476 Beginning of the Hundred Year’s War between England and France over English claims to the throne of France and the French holdings of the English king. [History]
1342 1481 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1481 at Coeris.
1343 1482 Rome: Verdi Competition of 1482.
1346 1485 Normandy: Reports of a new mundane engine employed at the Battle of Crecy. The engine propels a solid stone or metal ball with a thunderclap. [History]
1347-1351 1486-1490 The Black Death comes to Europe, killing roughly one-third of the mortal population. [History]
1352 1491 Transylvania: Tremere conference of 1491 at Coeris.
1357 1496 Iberia: Destruction of Estancia-es-Karida covenant by its own magi, fleeing the Inquisition. Most of the covenant escapes through its Hermes Portal, but one stays behind to collapse the building. [Iberia]
1360 1499 Grand Tribunal of 1499: No rulings noted.
The Sixteenth Century of the Age of Aries
2017 1 AP Age of Pisces begins.
Works Cited
Most of the works cited are Ars Magica supplements, but a few “mundane†texts were consulted. Most of the abbreviations of the titles are likely to be fairly obvious to the long time Ars Magica player, but for the less experienced a full list of supplements is provided.
Ars Magica Texts:
BaS: Blood and Sand
BCC: The Broken Covenant of Calebais
Covenants: Covenants
DatB: Dragon and the Bear
FA: The Fallen Angel
HoH: Houses of Hermes
HtM: Heirs to Merlin
Iberia: Tribunals of Hermes: Iberia
Kabbalah: Kabbalah: Mythic Judaism
LotN: Lion of the North
Maleficium: The Maleficium
MB: Medieval Bestiary
MBRE: Medieval Bestiary, Revised Edition
ME: Mythic Europe
Mistridge: Mistridge
MND: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MS: Mythic Seas
ON: Ordo Nobilis
OoH: Order of Hermes
PD: Pax Dei
Rome: Tribunals of Hermes: Rome
Saga Pack: Saga Pack
SoI: Sanctum of Ice
Stormrider: Stormrider
RotSR: Return of the Stormrider
Tempest: The Tempest
Triamore: Triamore: The Covenant at Lucien’s Folly
UT: Ultima Thule
WG: The Wizard’s Grimoire
WGRE: Wizard’s Grimoire, Revised Edition
WT: A Winter’s Tale
Mundane Texts
These are some of the texts used to prepare the non-Mythic Europe specific entries.
Legends of the World, Edited by Richard Cavendish
Magic in the Middle Ages, by Richard Kiekefer
The People’s Chronology, Edited by James Trager
Other texts were consulted and titles not noted; this is particularly true of the “Era of†entries for Charlemagne, Beowulf, Arthur, etc. Several entries of “legendary historical†characters were extrapolated, and no authority is claimed or cited. If Lyonesse sank toward the end of Arthur’s Reign, and Beowulf’s predecessor’s sent Saxons to England in Arthur’s predecessor’s period, then all three are roughly contemporary. Similarly, the fall of Troy is a historical event around 1200 BC, and is in the later Greek Heroic Age, so the Heroic Age occurred around 1200 BC. The exercise of confirmation is left to the reader.
Images
Arts and Houses symbols originally designed by Richard Thomas for Ars Magica.