It's 1376-77. The Commons makes a splash in England's Parliament, King Edward III dies, and we trace the development of proto-nationalism in France and England.

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide. 

Oxford preacher and theologian John Wyclif denies that we chew on the body of Christ, and insodoing does away with the priesthood and the papacy.

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide. 

Enguerrand de Coucy VII goes off to show the Habsburgs what's what, but gets shown what's what by the Swiss instead.  

I will, ahem, not be taking any questions about the geography of the Holy Roman Empire. Please instead refer to this extremely confusing map:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Swiss_Confederacy#/media/File:Golden_Bull_of_1356.png

Music thanks to Wikimedia and the Petrucci Music Library.

Guillaume Tell - Overture - (Rossini, Gioacchino)

Fritz Reiner (conductor)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)

Publisher Info. Rossini Overtures

New York: RCA Victor Red Seal, 1959. LSC 2318.

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (Public Domain - Non-PD US)

Recorded November 22, 1958 in Chicago.

Source: https://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP07234-06ReinerWmTellOver.mp3

How the French manage to turn the war around in 1369-1375.

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide. 

Enguerrand is caught on the prongs of a forked allegience, and two popes make the attempt to return to Rome. 

Here's a family tree that shows how the Green Count is connected to Enguerrand, to the Viscontis, to the Bourbons, and to the Valois:

Guess I'll turn it around a few times: 

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide. 

Let's dive deep into the four Northern Italian city-states that made all this possible.

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide. 

A vegetarian's worst nightmare.

This episode summarizes the book Italy in the Time of Dante and Petrarch, 1216-1380 by John Larner.

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide. 

We turn our attention to Italy, where someone hasn't been keeping the farm nice and tidy like he was supposed to.

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide. 

Du Gueslin had two claims to fame: he was the best French military commander, and he was the ugliest man from Rennes to Dinant!

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 "Exultemus et laetemus" - Responsorial chant for Paschaltide.

 "Ego sum Alpha et O" - Antiphon for Paschaltide.