Difference between revisions of "Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries"

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''Norwegian Vikings reach North America''.
 
''Norwegian Vikings reach North America''.
  
1016AD The Danish conqueror Canute becomes King of England
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1016AD ''The Danish conqueror Canute becomes King of England''
  
1054AD The Byzantine Church breaks with Rome.
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1054AD ''The Byzantine Church breaks with Rome''.
  
William of Normandy wins battle of Hastings and becomes King of England
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''William of Normandy wins battle of Hastings and becomes King of England''
  
±1075AD Wool-manufacturing towns of Flanders help to revive European trade.
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±1075AD ''Wool-manufacturing towns of Flanders help to revive European trade''.
  
1080-1140AD Peter Abelard writes letters to Héloïse
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1080-1140AD ''Peter Abelard writes letters to Héloïse''.
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''William IX, Duke of Normandy – the first known troubadour''.
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1087AD ''The Moslems build Timbuktu as a centre of commerce and learning''.
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±1090AD ''The Song of Roland composed in Medieval French. Chinese text mentions use of the compass by Arabs''.
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1095-1099AD ''First Crusade captures Jerusalem''.
  
 
== Twelfth Century ==
 
== Twelfth Century ==

Revision as of 15:01, 17 May 2012

Eleventh Century

±1000 AD Venice begins to evolve as a great commercial centre.

Norwegian Vikings reach North America.

1016AD The Danish conqueror Canute becomes King of England

1054AD The Byzantine Church breaks with Rome.

William of Normandy wins battle of Hastings and becomes King of England

±1075AD Wool-manufacturing towns of Flanders help to revive European trade.

1080-1140AD Peter Abelard writes letters to Héloïse.

William IX, Duke of Normandy – the first known troubadour.

1087AD The Moslems build Timbuktu as a centre of commerce and learning.

±1090AD The Song of Roland composed in Medieval French. Chinese text mentions use of the compass by Arabs.

1095-1099AD First Crusade captures Jerusalem.

Twelfth Century

Thirteenth Century

Fourteenth Century

c. 1363 – c. 1443 Zeami writes his plays and theories of acting in Japan.

Fifteenth Century

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