Editing 1327 (section)

=== October &ndash; December ===
* [[October 23]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope John XXII|John XXII]] condemns [[Marsilius of Padua]]'s 1324 treatise ''[[Defensor pacis]]'' (''The Defender of Peace''). The excommunicated Marsilius flees to [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] and seeks protection at the court of King [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis the Bavarian]]. John also excommunicates Louis and demands that he relinquishes his claim to the imperial crown.<ref>Hywel Williams (2005). ''Cassell's Chronology of World History'', p. 159. {{ISBN|0-304-35730-8}}.</ref> 
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth de Burgh]], Queen consort of Scotland as the wife of King Robert the Bruce, is fatally injured when she falls from her horse while traveling with her entourage to [[Cullen Castle]] in [[Banffshire]]. 
* [[November 5]] &ndash; At [[Barcelona]], [[Alfonso IV of Aragon|Prince Alfonso the Kind]] becomes the new [[King of Aragon]] upon the death of his father, [[James II of Aragon|King Jaime II]], and is enthroned as King Alfonso IV.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Simon Mepeham]] is elected as England's new [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] as the candidate of the [[Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster|Earl of Lancaster]] leader of the regency council.<ref>E. B. Fryde, et al., ''Handbook of British Chronology'' (Cambridge University Press, 1996) p.233</ref> Mepeham defeats the candidate supported by Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer, and soon works with King Edward III to end Mortimer's power in England.<ref>Alison Weir, ''Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery and Murder in Medieval England'' (Ballantine 2005) p.306</ref>
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Pope John XXII]] appoints 10 new Roman Catholic cardinals, the most during his papacy, including Jacques Fournier, who will succeed Pope John as  [[Pope Benedict XII]] in [[1334]].<ref>"Consistories for the creation of Cardinals 14th Century (1303-1404): John XXII (1316-1334)", in ''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church'', by Salvador Miranda (Florida International University, 1998)</ref>
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The late King Edward II of England is buried in the [[Gloucester Cathedral]] in [[Gloucestershire]], three months after his death.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Timurtash|Ala ud-Din Timurtash]], the Viceroy for Anatolia within the [[Ilkhanate]] of the Middle East, and the brother of Demasq Kaja, learns that the Ilkhan [[Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan|Abu Sa'id]] had arranged for the execution of Demasq.<ref>"Anatolia under the Mongols", in ''The Cambridge History of Turkey'', ed. by Charles Melville and Kate Fleet (Cambridge University Press, 2009)</ref> Fearing for his own safety, Timurtash decides to leave and eventually flees to Egypt, but will be executed there on August 12, 1328.