1155 - Events. Frederick I Barbarossa crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Emperor Go-Shirakawa ascends to the throne of Japan. Robert of Chichester becomes Bishop of Exeter. 1155 - Births. February 28 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (died 1183) May 17 - Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) November 11 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (died 1214) Saito Musashibo Benkei, Japanese fighting monk Including:

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Arnold of Brescia, (1090-1155), was a monk from Italy who participated in the Commune of Rome and started the subsequent rebellion. Arnold of Brescia - Arnold's life in France. As a young priest, Arnold studied under the tutelage of famed reformer and poet, Pierre Abélard. He took to Abélard's philosophy of reform ways and became very critical of the Catholic Church when it became involved in a land struggle in Brescia. He called on the Church to renounce ownership of property and return it to the ...

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Alfonso VII of Castile (March 1, 1104/5 – August 21, 1157), nicknamed the Emperor, was the king of Castile and Leon since 1126, son of Urraca of Castile and Count Raymond of Burgundy. Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held Leon. This sovereign was considered the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire. But though given in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragon ...

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Alfonso VIII (November 11, 1155 – October 5, 1214); called the Noble or, in Spanish, de las Navas; was the king of Castile and grandson of Alfonso VII. He led the coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Almohades at the battle of the Navas de Tolosa in 1212. His early life resembled that of other medieval kings. He succeeded to the throne, in infancy, on the death of his father, Sancho. Though proclaimed king, he was regarded as a mere name by the unruly nobles to w ...

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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 Dynasty of Babylon. This uses the traditional Middle Chronology, although there is now reason to believe it may be too early by as much as a century. Sumu-abum 1894-1881 BC Sumu-la-El 1880-1845 BC Sabium 1844-1831 BC Apil-Sîn 1830-1813 BC Sin-muballit 1812-1793 BC Hammurabi 1792-1750 BC Samsu-I ...

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Formally, in Kent and Sussex there are five 'Head Ports' making up the Confederation of the Cinque Ports (often pronounced as the anglicised sink ports, and meaning 'five ports', in Norman French). The primary Corporate Members are represented by the ports of Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich. They are supported by the two 'ancient towns' of Rye and Winchelsea, whose councils have held a long standing tradition of maintaining defence contingents for the realm of England. King Edward I of England granted ...

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations Christia ...

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Wace (c. 1115 – c. 1183) was an Anglo-Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the Roman de Rou that he was taken as a child to Caen), ending his career as Canon of Bayeux. His extant works include: Roman de Brut - a verse history of Britain Roman de Rou - a verse history of the Dukes of Normandy Other works, also in verse, include lives o ...

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This is a list of the counts of Burgundy (i.e., of the region known as "Franche-Comté", not to be confused with the Duchy of Burgundy) from 867 to 1678. Odo (count of Mâcon, Dijon, Autun, and Burgundy, 867-870) Rodfried (870-895) Hugh the Black (921-952) Otto William (986-1026) Renaud I (1026-1057) William I the Great (1057-1087, also count of Mâcon, 1078-1085 Renaud II (1087-1097, also count of Mâcon, 1085) Stephen I (titular count, 1097-1102) Re ...

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William I (d. May 7, 1166) was king of Sicily from 1154 to 1166. He was the fourth son of Roger II and Elvira Alfonso of Castile, and grew up with little expectation of ruling. The deaths of his 3 older brothers between 1138 and 1148 changed matters, though when his father died William was still not well-prepared to take his place. William's title "the Bad" seems little merited and expresses the bias of the historian Falcandus and the baronial class against the king and the official class by whom he was guided. It is obv ...

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Baudolino is a 2000 novel by Umberto Eco about a young man named Baudolino's adventures in the known and mythical Christian world of the 12th century. In the year of 1204, Baudolino of Alessandria enters Constantinople, unaware of the Fourth Crusade that has thrown the city into chaos. In the confusion he meets Niketas Choniates and saves his life. Niketas is amazed with his language genius, speaking any language he has ever heard, and on the question: if he is not part of the crusade, who is he? Baudol ...

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August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. August 22 - Events. 1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses 1559 - Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy 1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immi ...

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1133 - Events. Geoffrey of Monmouth produces the Historia Regum Britanniae Durham Cathedral is completed Construction of Exeter Cathedral begun June 4 - Lothair III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Innocent II 1133 - Births. March 5 - King Henry II of England (died 1189) Honen Shonin, Japanese founder of Pure Land Buddhism (died 1212) King Sigurd II of Norway (died 1155) 1133 - D ...

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1139 - Events. Alphonso I (Afonso Henriques) becomes first king of Portugal Second Council of the Lateran 1139 - Births. June 16 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (died 1155) 1139 - Deaths. January 25 - Godfrey I of Louvain February 18 - Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) October 20 - Henry X, Duke of Bavaria Roger of Salisbury, English bishop Category ...

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The Basilica of Saint Denis (French: Basilique de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis) is the famous burial site of the French monarchs, comparable to Westminster Abbey in England. Almost all the kings of France were buried in the Basilica, but unlike Westminster Abbey it was not used for coronations (a role devoted to the Cathedral of Reims). The basilica is located in Saint Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first bishop of Pa ...

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(1st millennium – 2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – other millennia) 2nd millennium - Events. European crusades in Middle East Mongol Empires in Asia The Black Death The Renaissance in Europe The Protestant Reformation The agricultural and industrial revolutions The rise of nationalism and the nation state European discovery of the Americas and Australia and their colonization European colonization and decolonization in Afri ...

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Ślęza (-Polish, German: Lohe) is a 78.6 km long river in Lower Silesia, southern Poland, a left tributary of the Oder. It starts in the Niemcza Hills (Wzgórza Niemczańskie), part of the Sudete Highlands (Przedgórze Sudeckie), and flows near Mount Ślęża through the Silesian Lowland (Nizinia Śląska) and enters the Oder in Wrocław. The most important tributary is: Mała Ślęza ("Small Ślęza"). The most important towns on the river are: Niemcza, » Ślęza: Encyclopedia - Ślęza

1208 - Events. Philip of Swabia King of Germany and rival Holy Roman Emperor to Otto IV, assassinated June 21 in Bamberg by German Count Otto of Wittelsbach because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage. Inferior swedish forces defeats the invading danes in battle of Lena in january 1208 - Births. February 2 - King James I of Aragon (died 1276) Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (died 1275) < ...

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1183 - Events. Three-year old Emperor Go-Toba ascends to the throne of Japan after the forced abdication of his brother Emperor Antoku during the Genpei War William of Tyre excommunicated by the newly appointed Heraclius of Jerusalem, firmly ending their struggle for power Andronicus I Comnenus becomes the Byzantine emperor First written account of a sport resembling cricket, by Joseph of Exeter Peace of Constance 1183 - Births. ...

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