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 Third Crusade (1189-1191)

Saladin took Jerusalem igniting the Third Crusade. The Crusaders defeated the Muslims at key points during the adventure, but could not take Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Richard the Lionheart’s reign was threatened by his brother John. The English king was captured in the way back home and ransomed. The Crusade was a success, but failed in its ultimate goal of retaking Jerusalem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ILS7gs84Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiYNdexDwYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgmRb1WXHA

History Shorts: Saladin captures Jerusalem (1187)

The Crusaders in the Holy Land lost a decisive battle to Saladin at Hattin. Afterward, the Islamic warlord slowly pushed back Christian forces. By the end of 1187, he retook the holy city of Jerusalem from the Crusaders. The defeat horrified and galvanized Europe and led to the Third Crusade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71LUlwXr_KM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMjG3xF2ts