High Middle Ages timeline (1001-1300)

1025: Basil II died

1040: Moveable Type created

1049-54: Pope Leo IX

1066: Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest

1071: Battle of Manzikert

1073-85: Gregorian Reformation

1075-1122: Investiture Controversy

1095: Urban II declares the First Crusade

1096-99: The First Crusade

12th century: Revolution in thought, Rise of Universities, and Monks deemphasize learning

1120: Knights Templar form

1152-90: Frederick Barbarossa

1154-97: Hohenstaafen family vs. Italy

1170: Thomas Becket murdered

1176: Myriocephalam

1187: Battle of Hattin

1187: Saladin takes Jerusalem

1190-92: Third Crusade

1204: Capetian ascendancy

1204: Crusaders sack Constantinople

1206-1337: Mongol Invasions

1214: Battle of the Bouvines

1215: Fourth Lateran Council

1215: Jews marginalized by Fourth Lateran Council

1215: Magna Carta

1229: Inquisition established

1250: Frederick II dies

1260: Battle of Ain Jolut

1261: Greeks retake Byzantine Empire

1265: First English Parliament

1274: Samma Theologica (Thomas Aquinas)

History Shorts: The First Crusade (1096)

Europe was overrun by gangs of nobles that preferred to plunder and kill than better society. At the same time, most kingdoms were weak. Meanwhile, the Muslims had expanded to Europe’s door. They would try over the course of 1,000 years to subjugate the continent. Charles Martel defeated the invaders at Tours in the 8^th century. Pope Urban II decided to try to unite Europeans behind a cause and defend Christendom’s borders against the Muslims by declaring a crusade.  Nearly 40,000 men marched to the Holy Land, captured Jerusalem, and established colonies in the region.

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