Cambridge in the Twelfth Century
Anglo-Saxon Cambridge <- Time Thread -> Thirteenth Century
There's a lot less seemingly going on here compared with later centuries, reflecting the lack of surviving materials.
Some non-Cambridge events are included to give context.
1101-1110
- 1001: King Henry I
- 1101: King Henry I granted royal fees to the town
- 1109: Cambridge became part of the Diocese of Ely, rather than Lincoln
- 1109: Philosopher Anselm of Canterbury died (b. 1033) - he proposed the ontological proof for the existence of God
1111-1120
1121-1130
1131-1140
1141-1150
- 1142: Philosopher Peter Abelard died (b. 1079) - he proposed the dialectical method of enquiry
- 1147-1149: 2nd Crusade
1151-1160
- 1153: Civil War of Stephen & Matilda ended
- 1154: King Henry II
1161-1170
- 1167: Migration of students from Paris to Oxford
- 1170: Archbishop Thomas à Becket murdered
1171-1180
1181-1190
1191-1200
- 1192: Migration of students from Northampton to Oxford
- 1198: Pope Innocent III, who initiated many church reforms, including greater peity and the impetus to found orders of
friars
- 1199: King John
Anglo-Saxon Cambridge <- Time Thread -> Thirteenth Century
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