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  • Period: 1012 to 1024

    pope Benedict VIII

  • Period: 1017 to 1056

    Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

  • Period: 1045 to 1074

    Saint Abraham of Rostov

  • 1054

    1st Event from 1000 A.D. to 1099 A.D

    Great Schism - the break of communion between what are now the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches, which had lasted until the 11th century
  • 1065

    2nd Event from AD

    Consecration of Westminster Abbey church
  • 1095

    3rd Event

    Pope Urban II proclaims the First Crusade at the Council of Claremont
  • 1100

    1st Event from 1100 A.D. to 1199 A.D

    England's king Henry I fights with Pope Pasquale II on the issue of lay investiture
  • Period: 1118 to 1160

    Saint Rainerius of Pisa

  • Period: 1143 to 1144

    Pope Celestine II

  • 1159

    2nd Event from 1100 A.D. to 1199 A.D

    French theologian John of Salisbury publishes the "Policraticus", first doctrine of the separation of church and state but with the state subordinate to the church
  • 1189

    3rd Event from 1100 A.D. to 1199 A.D

    the third Crusade is led by King Richard the Lion-Hearted of England, king Philip Augustus II of France, and emperor Frederick Barbarossa
  • Period: 1189 to 1199

    King Richard I

  • Period: 1201 to 1251

    Saint Gerold of Cologne

  • 1208

    1st Event from 1200 A.D. to 1299 A.D

    pope Innocent III launches a crusade against the Catharist/Albigensian and the Waldensian heretics
  • Period: 1220 to 1250

    Emperor Frederick

    1220 – 1250
  • 1264

    2nd Event from 1200 A.D. to 1299 A.D

    the Dominican monk Thomas Aquinas publishes the "Summa Contra Gentiles", that reconciles science and religion
  • Period: 1265 to 1268

    Pope Clement IV

  • 1290

    3rd Event from 1200 A.D. to 1299 A.D

    the Teutonic Knights conquer all of Prussia
  • Period: 1309 to 1347

    St flora of beaulieu

  • 1312

    1st Event from 1300 A.D. to 1399 A.D

    Pope Clement V abolishes the order of the Knights Templar, after drumming up false accusations for the purpose of seizing their wealthy assetts with the help of French king Philippe IV
  • Period: 1314 to 1347

    Emperor Louis IV

  • Period: 1316 to 1334

    Pope John XXII

  • 1324

    2nd Event from 1300 A.D. to 1399 A.D

    Franciscan monk Marsilio da Padova publishes "Defender Of Peace", in which he argues that the Church has not authority over secular affairs and that the purpose of a state is to guarantee peace
  • Period: 1350 to 1490

    saint vincent ferrer

  • 1378

    3rd Event from 1300 A.D. to 1399 A.D

    the Oxford theologian John Wycliffe preaches that the Church has fallen into sin, that it ought to give up all its property, and that the clergy should live in complete poverty
  • Period: 1406 to 1415

    Gregory XII

  • 1414

    1st Event from 1400 A.D. to 1499 A.D

    the Council of Constance assembles to settle the schism of the three popes Gregory XII, Benedict XIII and John XXIII
  • Period: 1421 to 1471

    King Henry VI

  • 1447

    2nd Event from 1400 A.D. to 1499 A.D

    Nicholas V becomes Pope and begins to build the Vatican Library of ancient Latin and Greek classics
  • Period: 1478 to 1535

    Saint Thomas more

  • 1484

    3rd Event from 1400 A.D. to 1499 A.D

    pope Innocent VIII orders the persecution of witches while Rome plunges into moral and political chaos
  • 1509

    1st Event from 1500 A.D. to 1599 A.D

    the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus publishes "The Praise of Folie", which advocates a return to the moral values of early Christianity
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    King Henry VIII

  • Period: 1513 to 1521

    Leo X

  • 1517

    2nd Event from 1500 A.D. to 1599 A.D

    the Ottoman empire conquers Jerusalem
  • 1534

    3rd Event from 1500 A.D. to 1599 A.D

    Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican Palace in Rome
  • 1st Event from 1600 A.D. to 1699 A.D

    the philosopher Giordano Bruno is executed as an heretic in Rome for claiming that the universe is infinite
  • Period: to

    René Goupil

  • 2nd Event from 1600 A.D. to 1699 A.D

    200,000 Jews are slaughtered during the Russian invasion of Poland by Cossacks led by Bogdan Chmielnicki
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    King Charles II

  • 3rd Event from 1600 A.D. to 1699 A.D

    the Greek Jewish kabbalist Shabbatai Zvi is hailed as the messiah, but then accepts to convert to Islam to save his life
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    Innocent XII