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2 Significant people

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

4 Decades and years

( 11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries)

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200.

1 Events

Song dynasty loses power over Northern China
The Kamakura Shogunate deprives the Emperor of Japan from political power.
First, Second, and Third Crusades of western European kingdoms against Islam
Pope Adrian IVAdrian IV (also known as Hadrian IV , born Nicholas Breakspear ca. 1100 September 1, 1159) was pope from 1154 to 1159. Born Nicholas Breakspear, Adrian IV is the only Englishman who has occupied the papal chair. It is generally believed that he was born a granted overlordship of IrelandThe island of Ireland ire in Irish, Airlann in Ulster Scots) is the third-largest island in Europe. It lies on the west side of the Irish Sea, close to the island of Great Britain. It is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south and Northern Irelan to Henry II of EnglandHenry II ( March 25, 1133 July 6, 1189), ruled as Duke of Anjou and as King of England ( 1154 1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. His sobriquets include "Curt Mantle" (because of the pract.
Suger rebuilds the abbey church at St DenisThe Basilica of Saint Denis (in French, la Basilique de Saint-Denis , a famous burial site for French monarchs, is located in Saint Denis (near Paris). Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first bishop of Paris. A simp north of ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to, seen as first GothicGothic architecture characterizes any of the styles of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. It was succeeded by building
PortugalRepublica Portuguesa ( In Detail) National motto: None Official language Portuguese 3 Capital Lisbon President Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes Area Total % water World ranking: 109th 92,391 km²0. 5 % Population Total ( 2004) Density World gained independence from the kingdom of León in 1128 (recognised by Leon in 1143).
Nalanda, the great Indian Buddhist educational centre, was destroyed.
Thomas Becket murdered in 1170.
Toltec Empire collapses.
Founding of Katedralskolan (Cathedralschool) in Lund, Sweden, 1185. The school is the oldest in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe.

2 Significant people

Pierre Abélard, one of the first scholastic philosophers
Bernard of Clairvaux, French abbot influential in church politics
Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria who resisted the Crusaders
Hugh of St. Victor, French scholar
Richard of St. Victor, theologian
Alfonso I Henriques, first King of Portugal
Maimonides, leading Jewish philosopher
Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
Minamoto no Yoritomo, first shogun of Japan

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Beginning of the Gothic architecture style
First European universities founded.

4 Decades and years

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