Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1170: Peire d'Alvernhe probably...
of the 12th century, author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" Chrétien de Troyes flourishes in the 1170s and 1180s Marie de France flourishes from...
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Marie de France, thought to have been composed in the 1170s by Marie de France, a French poet writing in England at Henry II's court between the late 12th...
shrine darbār is located in Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan. Baba Farid was the first major Punjabi poet. A section of his poetry is as follows: Mid-20th century...
of the 1170s decade. July 13 – Battle of Alnwick: King William I (the Lion), supported by Flemish mercenaries, invades England, to help fight in the baronial...
year of the 1170s decade. June 30 – Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) is crowned King of Burgundy at Arles. He will repeat the ceremony in 1186. Returning...
2nd millennium, the 76th year of 12th century, and the 7th year of the 1170s decade. Summer – Emperor Manuel I (Komnenos) assembles a Byzantine expeditionary...
the Maghreb, established centralised rule over Southern Iberia in the 1110s and 1170s respectively, their empires quickly disintegrated, allowing further...
only eight supernovae in the Milky Way observed in recorded history. It appears in the constellation Cassiopeia and is visible in the night sky for about...
Al-Zahir receives Aleppo (with lands in northern Syria), and Turan-Shah receives Yemen. The other dominions and fiefs in the Oultrejordain (also called Lordship...
writing in the early 1170s. There is no evidence that Veldeke was born in 1128, as is often suggested. He certainly died after 1184 because he mentions in his...
treaty. Autumn – William IV, count of Nevers, arrives in Palestine with a contingent of elite knights. In Jerusalem he is present during a council with Amalric...
place after a year of foreshocks. Its name is taken from the city of Hama, in west-central Syria (then under Seljuk rule), where the most casualties are...
13th-century Thuringia, otherwise unknown) 73r: Herr Ulrich von Gutenburg (fl. 1170s) 75v: Herr Heinrich von der Mure [de] (fl. 1223–1263, a Dominican friar...
the Yangtze River, between the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty in China, result in two pivotal Song naval victories. December 15 – Wanyan Liang, Chinese...
strife between him and his wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, in order that he may dally in western Herefordshire with his mistress, Rosamund Clifford,...
expense focussed on the great northern French tourneying society of the 1170s and 1180s. Since Young Henry had no domains to rule, his father was willing...
26 – Richard I besieges the unarmed castle of Châlus-Chabrol, and is shot in the left shoulder with a crossbow, by the French boy Pierre Basile. The war...
King Baldwin III and his mother, Queen Melisende, are called to intervene in a dispute between Baldwin's aunt Hodierna and her husband Raymond II, count...
Uppsala. In the 10th century, the name was transferred to modern Sigtuna, which apparently assumed many of its functions. It is mentioned in the 1170s when...
I (Komnenos) orders the arrest of all Venetians in his empire, and seizes their ships and goods. In September, Doge Vitale II Michiel leads a Venetian...
restore Angevin power in northern France (approximate date). Summer – Henry VI takes cruel measures to put down an insurrection in Sicily and southern Italy...
knowledge, assistance, or power. William of Conches (c. 1090/1091 – c. 1155/1170s) understands 'demon' closer to the Greek 'daimon', reserving the concept...
starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In English law, 1189 - specifically the beginning of the reign of Richard I -...
of Aquitaine is held under house arrest at Old Sarum Castle in Wiltshire. She is kept in comfort there – fine clothes for her are dispatched regularly...
Saxon and Bavarian duchies and all his imperial fiefs at an Imperial Diet in Würzburg for having breached the king's peace. Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa)...
of Succession is introduced in Norway. Council of Tours: Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics. Loccum Abbey in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian...
The massacre lasts about three weeks; on the rumor of a Byzantine fleet in the offing, Raynald gives the order for embarkation. The Crusader ships are...