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| Liverpool,
England, future birthplace of Beatles, founded. |
1199 |
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| England
establishes first merchant guild. |
1193 |
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| Rabbi Maimonides
publishes Guide of the Perplexed. |
1190 |
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1189 |
Jews massacred at
the coronation of Richard I. |
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1182 |
Jews banished
from France. |
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| First glass
windows appear in England. |
1180 |
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| Welsh Eisteddfod
festival of music, poetry, and begins. |
1176 |
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| Chrétien de
Troyes introduces the Arthurian hero Lancelot du Lac in Le Chevalier à la Charette. |
1170 |
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| Oxford University
founded. |
1167 |
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1157 |
Eric IX of
Sweeden forces baptism on conquered Finns. |
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1155 |
Pope Adrian IV
gives Ireland to Henry II of England. |
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| Mohammed
al-Idrisi published Geography. |
1154 |
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| John of Salisbury
publishes his political science treatise, Policratus. |
1152 |
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| Iceland offers
fire and plague insurance. |
1151 |
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| Chinese
travellers begin using the magnetic compass. University of Paris begins.
Troubadors begin playing in southern France. |
1150 |
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| Women of
Weinsberg save men from slaughter by carrying them from the fortress on their backs. |
1140 |
The Sefer
ha-Kusari of Spanish rabbi Judah ben Samuel ha-Levi argues that all revealed
religious thought is superior to the rational and philosophical. |
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| The abbé Suger
develops the rose window. |
1136 |
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| Cistercian monks
introduce extensive agricultural improvements in England. |
1128 |
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1123 |
Japan's
ex-emperor Shirikawa imposes Buddhist prohibition against killing any living thing. |
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1121 |
Piere Abelard
castrated for his teachings. |
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| Welcher of
Malvern develops measurement of latitude and longitude. |
1120 |
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