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Encyclopedia - 1100: Encyclopedia - 1100
1100 - Events. William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anselm Of Canterbury: Encyclopedia - Anselm Of Canterbury
Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 or 1034 – April 21, 1109), a widely influential medieval philosopher and theologian, held the office o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archbishopric Of Cologne: Encyclopedia - Archbishopric Of Cologne
The Archbishopric of Cologne was one of the major ecclesiastical principalities of the Holy Roman Empire. Cologne is the ancient Roman ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipope: Encyclopedia - Antipope
An antipope is one whose claim to being Pope is the result of a disputed or contested election. These antipopes were usually in oppositio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Begho: Encyclopedia - Begho
Begho (also Bighu or Bitu) was an ancient trading town located just south of the Black Volta at the transitional zone between the forest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohuslän: Encyclopedia - Bohuslän
Bohuslän ▶ (help·info), (Latin: Bahusia, English, Norwegian Båhuslen) is a province (landskap) in west Sweden. It borders to Dalslan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 5: Encyclopedia - August 5
August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. August 5 - Events. 642...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Kings Of Babylon: Encyclopedia - List Of Kings Of Babylon
The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. List of kings of Babylon - First Dy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 2: Encyclopedia - August 2
August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. August 2 - Events. 338...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1275: Encyclopedia - 1275
For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. 1275 - Events. 1275 - Europe. April 22 - The first of the Statutes of We...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Arthur: Encyclopedia - King Arthur
King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kagyu: Encyclopedia - Kagyu
The Kagyu (Wylie transliteration: Bka'-brgyud) school (known as the "Oral Lineage" and "the Spotless Practice Lineage" school) is one of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History
This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. Note that all dates are given according to the Common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tallit: Encyclopedia - Tallit
The tallit (Modern Hebrew טַלֵּית) or tallet (Sephardi Hebrew טַלֵּית), also called talles (Yiddish), is a prayer shawl "cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bishop Of Durham: Encyclopedia - Bishop Of Durham
The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Al-idrisi: Encyclopedia - Muhammad Al-idrisi
Al-Idrisi (b.1100-d.1165 or 1166) full name Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi was an Arab cartographer, geographer and traveller who lived...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-hakam Ii: Encyclopedia - Al-hakam Ii
Al-Hakam II (Arabic: الحكم الثاني) was Caliph of Cordoba, in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-ar-rahman III (al-Nasir). He ruled fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Almoravides: Encyclopedia - Almoravides
Almoravides (In Arabic المرابطون al-Murabitun, sing. مرابط Murabit), is a Berber dynasty from the Sahara which, in the 11th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution: Encyclopedia - Constitution
A constitution is a system, often codified in a written document, which establishes the rules and principles by which an organization is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welsh Poetry: Encyclopedia - Welsh Poetry
Welsh poetry may refer to poetry in the Welsh language, Anglo-Welsh poetry, or other poetry written in Wales or by Welsh poets. Welsh po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conjoined Twins: Encyclopedia - Conjoined Twins
Conjoined twins are twins whose bodies are joined together at birth. This happens where the zygote of identical twins fails to completely...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coptic Language: Encyclopedia - Coptic Language
The Coptic language is the last phase of the Egyptian languages, and is the direct descendant of the ancient Egyptian language written in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - County Of Edessa: Encyclopedia - County Of Edessa
The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around a city with an ancient history and an early traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danish Language: Encyclopedia - Danish Language
Danish (dansk) belongs to the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages), a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusade Of 1101: Encyclopedia - Crusade Of 1101
The Crusade of 1101 was a minor crusade, actually three separate movements, organized in 1100 and 1101 in the successful aftermath of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uxmal: Encyclopedia - Uxmal
Uxmal is a large Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It is 78 km south of Mérida, Yucat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ii Of England: Encyclopedia - William Ii Of England
William II (called "Rufus", perhaps because of his red-faced appearance) (c. 1056 – 2 August 1100) was the second son of William the Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William I Of England: Encyclopedia - William I Of England
William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie; 1028?–September 9, 1087) ruled as the Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (as Willi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cadoc: Encyclopedia - Cadoc
Saint Cadoc of Llancarvan, Abbot, ( died at Benevenna ) was one of the 6th-century Welsh saints whose life touched King Arthur. The Abbey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bruno Of Cologne: Encyclopedia - Bruno Of Cologne
Saint Bruno (Cologne, c. 1030 – October 6, 1101), the founder of the Carthusian Order, personally founded the order's first two communi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of India: Encyclopedia - Culture Of India
The culture of India is one of the oldest cultures in the world. In modern India, there is remarkable cultural diversity throughout the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charlemagne: Encyclopedia - Charlemagne
Charlemagne (c.742 or 747–28 January 814) (also Charles the Great; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus) was the king of the Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winchester Cathedral: Encyclopedia - Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England. The earliest part of the present cathedral bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cilicia: Encyclopedia - Cilicia
In ancient geography, Cilicia ("Ki-LIK-ya") formed a district on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Literature: Encyclopedia - British Literature
British literature is literature from the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The largest part of this literature is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 11th Century: Encyclopedia - 11th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. In the history of Europea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1134: Encyclopedia - 1134
1134 - Events. House of Brandenburg begins when Albrecht the Bear is made head of the Nordmark St. Stephen Harding becomes abbott of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karmapa: Encyclopedia - Karmapa
The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu (Bka' rgyud), the largest of the lineages that make up the Kagyu school, one of the four major...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maronite: Encyclopedia - Maronite
Maronites (Marunoye ܡܪܘܢܝܐܶ; in Syriac, Mâruniyya مارونية in Arabic) are members of an Eastern Catholic Church in full com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scholasticism: Encyclopedia - Scholasticism
Scholasticism comes from the Latin word scholasticus which means "that [which] belongs to the school", and is the school of philosophy ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1100s: Encyclopedia - 1100s
Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century Decades: 1050s 1060s 1070s 1080s 1090s - 1100s - 1110s 1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s Year...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1148: Encyclopedia - 1148
1148 - Events. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona conquered Tortosa in posession of the moors. Alfonso I takes Abrantes from the M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karmapa: Encyclopedia Ii - Karmapa - The Black Crown
The Karmapas are the holders of the Black Crown (Tib. 'shwa nag') and are thus sometimes known as the Black Hat Lamas. This crown, rang '...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kagyu: Encyclopedia Ii - Kagyu - Origins
The Kagyu school traces its origins to the teachings of the Indian mystics Tilopa (988-1089) and Naropa (1016-1100), whose lineage was tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welsh Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Welsh Poetry - History
Main Article: Medieval Welsh literature Wales has one of the earliest literary taditions in Northern Europe, stretching back to the days ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Jewish History - Post Biblical-history
Timeline of Jewish history - 200 BCE to 700 CE. 200 BCE–100 CE Throughout this era the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) is gradually canonized. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - William Ii Of England - Power Struggles
William Rufus inherited the Anglo-Norman settlement whose details are reflected in Domesday Book (1086), a survey that could not have bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William I Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - William I Of England - Conquest Of England
Upon the death of William's cousin King Edward the Confessor of England (January 1066), William claimed the throne of England, asserting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scholasticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Scholasticism - Scholastic Method
The scholastics would choose a book by a renowned scholar, called auctor, as a subject of investigation, for example the Bible. By readin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Arthur: Encyclopedia Ii - King Arthur - Arthur In Various Media
King Arthur - Literature. John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a traditional take in modern language. T.H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rothbury: Encyclopedia Ii - Rothbury - Development As A Market Town
The first mention of Rothbury, according to a local history1, was in around 1100 AD, as Routhebiria, or "Routha's town" ("Hrotha", accord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Independent School Uk: Encyclopedia Ii - Independent School Uk - Public School
Public school in the British Isles is a label applied to leading fee-paying independent schools in England and Wales. In Scotland and Ire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Table Of Chinese Monarchs: Encyclopedia Ii - Table Of Chinese Monarchs - Han Dynasty
Yuánguāng(元光) Yuánshuò (元朔) Yuánshòu (元狩) Yuándǐng (元鼎) Yuánfēng (元封) Tàichū (太初) Tiānhàn (天漢) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swedish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Swedish Language - History
In the 9th century, Old Norse began to diverge into Old West Norse (Norway and Iceland) and Old East Norse (Sweden and Denmark). In the 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Su Shi: Encyclopedia Ii - Su Shi - Life
Su Shi was born in Meishan, near mount Emei in what is now Sichuan province. His brother Su Zhe (蘇轍) and his father Su Xun (蘇洵) w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spinach: Encyclopedia Ii - Spinach - Cultivation And Uses
Spinach is an important leaf vegetable, now grown throughout the temperate regions of the world. It is most productive in cool seasons an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slovaks: Encyclopedia Ii - Slovaks - History
Slovaks - Early Slovaks. The people of Slovakia are descended from the Slavic settlers of the Danube river basin around 500 A.D. The fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Separation Of Church And State Medieval: Encyclopedia Ii - Separation Of Church And State Medieval - Historical Events
Separation of church and state medieval - Investiture constroversy. Main article: Investiture controversy When the Holy Roman Empire de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uxmal: Encyclopedia Ii - Uxmal - Description Of The Site
Even before the restoration work Uxmal was in better condition than many other Maya sites thanks to being unusually well built. Much was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Swithun: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Swithun - Contemporary References
English folk singer Billy Bragg released a song entitled St. Swithin's Day on his 1984 E.P. Brewing up with Billy Bragg. British televisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tallit: Encyclopedia Ii - Tallit - Historical Origin
There is much confusion among the masses as to the origins of the tallit. In actuality, the actual four-cornered garment began with no re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spatha: Encyclopedia Ii - Spatha - Viking Age
During the Viking age, the swords grew slightly in length to 37 in (930 mm) and took on a slightly more acute distal taper and point. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1275: Encyclopedia Ii - 1275 - Events
1275 - Europe. April 22 - The first of the Statutes of Westminster are passed by the English parliament, establishing a series of law...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Africa
List of assassinated people - Algeria. Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha François Darlan, (1942), French Admiral, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Patriarchs Of Antioch: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Patriarchs Of Antioch - List Of Patriarchs Of Antioch
Saint Peter the Apostle c.37 - c.53 Euodias c.53 - c.68 Saint Ignatius c.68 - 107 Hero 107 - c.127 Cornelius c.127 - c.154 Eros c.154 - c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Automobile Model And Marque Oddities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Automobile Model And Marque Oddities - Single-vehicle Marques
Automobile manufacturers generally attempt to have a family of vehicles sold under a single marque. Occasionally, however, manufacturers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Leaders Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Leaders Of Afghanistan - The Emirate Of Afghanistan
List of leaders of Afghanistan - Durrani Dynasty. Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani ('Baba') (October 1747-October 16 (23?) 1772) (died) Emir Ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Named Henry: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Named Henry - Germany And Holy Roman Empire
This refers to a much disputed line of kings that have in one way or another dominated Germany since the time of Charlemagne. Henry I (9...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Hospitaller: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Hospitaller - History
Knights Hospitaller - Foundation and early history. In 600, Abbot Probus was commissioned by Pope Gregory the Great to build a hospital...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Becoming A Knight
During the High Middle Ages, it was technically possible for every free man to become a knight, but the process of becoming (and the equi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Music - Classical Traditions
Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of art, ecclesiastical a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Measurement - History Of Units
History of measurement - Units of length. The Indus Valley units of length referred to above and the Mesopotamian cubit were both used ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In England - Early History
History of the Jews in England - William I to Henry I: 1066–1135. There is no evidence of Jews residing in England before the Norman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honolulu Harbor: Encyclopedia Ii - Honolulu Harbor - Early History
Archaeological surveys conclude that the area around Honolulu Harbor was bustling with human activity prior to 1100. The first European v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Monarchs Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Monarchs Of England - Plantagenets
List of monarchs of England - Angevins. Henry II (1154-1189) Henry, the Young King (1170-1183)4 Richard I, the Lionheart (1189-1199) J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Low German: Encyclopedia Ii - Low German - Classification And Related Languages
Low German is a part of the West Germanic dialect continuum. To the West, it fades to the Low Franconian languages which distinguish two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magna Carta: Encyclopedia Ii - Magna Carta - Magna Carta Of 1215
Magna Carta guaranteed certain English political liberties and contained clauses providing for a church free from domination by the monar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Sarum: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Sarum - History
Sir R.C. Hoare describes it as "a city of high note in the remotest periods by the several barrows near it, and its proximity to the two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Norse Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Norse Language - Dialects And Texts
The earliest inscriptions in Old Norse are runic, from the 8th century (although there are 200 inscriptions in Proto-Norse going as far b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Principality Of Antioch: Encyclopedia Ii - Principality Of Antioch - Foundation
While Baldwin of Boulogne and Tancred headed east from Asia Minor to set up the County of Edessa, the main army of the First Crusade cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Almoravides: Encyclopedia Ii - Almoravides - Military Successes
From the year 1053, the Murabits began to impose their orthodox and puritanical religion on the Berber tribes of the desert, and on the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Song Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Song Dynasty - Arts Culture And Economy
The founders of the Song dynasty built an effective centralized bureaucracy staffed with civilian scholar-officials. Regional military go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Dynasty - Monarchs Of England
The Norman monarchs were: William I 1066–1087 known as William the Conqueror William II 1087–1100 William I's son Henry I 1100–1135...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval French Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval French Literature - Language
Up to roughly 1340, the Romance languages spoken in the Middle Ages in the Northern half of what is today's France are collectively known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maronite: Encyclopedia Ii - Maronite - History
In the early 5th century, a community gathered around the Christian hermit St. Maron. After his death in 435 (or 410, according to some s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Warm Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Warm Period - Climate Events
The Medieval Warm Period partially coincides in time with the peak in solar activity named the Medieval Maximum (AD 1100–1250). In Ches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Hunting: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Hunting - Equipment
The weapons used for hunting would mostly be the same as those used for war: bow and arrow or crossbow, lance or spear, and sword. Shortb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Music - Late Medieval Music 1300-1400
Medieval music - France: Ars nova. The beginning of the Ars nova is one of the few clean chronological divisions in medieval music, sin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aach Baden-württemberg: Encyclopedia Ii - Aach Baden-württemberg - History
Aach was first mentioned in the year 1100. By the year 1150 the settlement was known in Latin as Oppidum Ach in Hegovia. Aach was incorpo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abingdon School: Encyclopedia Ii - Abingdon School - History
Abingdon School was founded in about 1100 by the Benedictine monks of Abingdon Abbey, and the original school used a room in St. Nicholas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Løgting: Encyclopedia Ii - Løgting - History
Løgting - The Viking Age. The Faroese ting or assembly was originally a so-called alting, with both legislative and judicial authority...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kempston: Encyclopedia Ii - Kempston - History
The name in its old form is "kemestun" which includes the Brittonic word "cambio" meaning bent or curved. Therefore, the name meant when ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M27 Motorway: Encyclopedia Ii - M27 Motorway - Trivia
Junction 1 is about 1 mile from The Rufus Stone, where King Rufus was killed in a hunting accident in the year 1100. Junction 6 was never...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mg Car: Encyclopedia Ii - Mg Car - History
There is some debate over when MG started. The company itself believes it is 1924, although the first cars bore both Morris and MG badges...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Warm Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Warm Period - Climate Events
The Medieval Warm Period partially coincides in time with the peak in solar activity named the Medieval Maximum (AD 1100–1250). In Ches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Military Campaigns
Genghis Khan - First war with Western Xia. The Mongol federation created by Temüjin in 1206 was bordered to the south by the Jurchen J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iroquois: Encyclopedia Ii - Iroquois - History
Iroquois - Prehistoric and Protohistoric period. This union of nations was established prior to major European contact, complete with a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gravesham: Encyclopedia Ii - Gravesham - The Name 'gravesham'
Robert H Hiscock, Chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society, writing a forward to his book, 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore, 1976...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Frigate Shoals: Encyclopedia Ii - French Frigate Shoals - History
Although there is no evidence of extensive human activity or presence in the area, the earliest human visitors to French Frigate Shoals p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halland: Encyclopedia Ii - Halland - County
Provinces serve no administrative function in Sweden today. Instead, that function is served by the Counties of Sweden. However, the prov...   » Read the article