Quiet field
1342
The year was full. This aperture was quiet.
The surviving record for 1342 is not blank. It does not, under the categories declared before this sweep, resemble a cluster of instruments, laws, or named firsts that would promote the year. Quiet is a description of the aperture, not of the century.
- Edward III’s England; Hundred Years’ War already begun
- Yuan China in decline
- Black Death still five years off in Europe
The aperture
Quiet under the declared categories. Retained as a denominator year.
Regions checked
- Europe
- Middle East and North Africa
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Africa
- the Americas
- Central Asia
Included / excluded
- Excluded: Black Death as a 1342 event. 1347 in the Mediterranean and 1348 in much of Europe.
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Same century. Same research threshold. Matched frames. Neither pane brighter except that the middle year is the selected aperture.
1341
Neighbor
1341: war and harvest continue. Not empty.
1342
Aperture
Quiet under the declared categories. Retained as a denominator year.
1343
Neighbor
1343: not empty. The plague’s European arrival is 1347, not a neighbor.