1122 | Henry V and Pope Calixtus II agree in the Concordat of Worms that Henry may invest German bishops with the lands of their sees, receive their homage, and be present at their elections; in return he renounces his right to invest |
1124 | Henry V invades France in support of his father-in-law, Henry I of England, but retires when a majority of French magnates rally to Louis VI |
1125-30 | Flying buttresses used to reinforce nave at Cluny |
1127-8 | Succession dispute in Flanders following the murder of Count Charles; Henry I and Louis VI both intervene but neither prevails, the Flemings eventually accepting Thierry of Alsace |
1127 | Conrad of Staufen is elected anti-king against Lothar III of Germany. In revolt until 1135 |
1128 | Henry I's daughter Matilda marries Geoffrey of Anjou |
1130 | Roger II crowned king of Sicily |
1137 | Louis VII of France marries Eleanor, heiress of Aquitaine; Abbot Suger begins to build Saint-Denis in the Gothic style |
1140 | Abelard again condemned at the council of Sens; about this time Gratian compiles his collection of canon law |
1144 | Geoffrey of Anjou secures Normandy in the civil war which follows Henry I's death in 1135; fall of city of Edessa to Muslims |
1145 | Preaching of heretic Henry the Monk in southern France |
1146 | St Bernard preaches the Second Crusade; Louis VII and Conrad III of Germany are among the participants |
1147-8 | Second Crusade |
1148 | Bull Divina dispositione encourages crusades to Spain |
c. 1150 | Promulgation of Usatches (Customs) of Catalonia |
1150 | Byzantine forces attempt to recapture Italy |
1152 | Louis VII is divorced from Eleanor of Aquitaine who almost immediately marries Geoffrey of Anjou's heir Henry |
1154 | Henry becomes king of England as well |
1155 | Frederick Barbarossa crowned emperor; period of almost incessant civil war begins in Norway and Sweden, lasting to about 1230 |
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