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Twelfth century)
(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. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages.
Events
Significant people
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Pierre Abélard, one of the first scholastic philosophers; author of "Historia calamitatum mearum", a description of his love affair with Héloïse.
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Bernard of Clairvaux, French abbot influential in church politics.
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Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria who resisted the Crusaders.
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Hugh of St. Victor, French scholar.
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Richard of St. Victor, theologian.
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Alfonso I Henriques, first King of Portugal.
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Maimonides, leading Jewish philosopher.
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Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury.
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Minamoto no Yoritomo, first shogun of Japan.
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Omar Khayyam, Persian poet and astronomer
Inventions, discoveries and introductions
Decades and years
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