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The new abbey church of St Denis is consecrated near Paris, introducing the style of architecture later known as Gothic
The fall of Edessa prompts the pope, Eugenius III, to call for a second crusade to defend the Latin kingdom
A new form of pious devotion is seen in Chartres, with people painfully dragging wagons of stone to enlarge the cathedral
Alfonso I takes Lisbon from the Muslims, with the unexpected help of some passing English crusaders
Gilbert of Hastings, an English priest, becomes bishop of the recovered see of Lisbon - the first of many such links between England and Portugal
The second crusade is led east by two kings, Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany
Seville falls to the Almohads, from north Africa, who make it their Spanish capital
In feudal France and Germany Charlemagne is by now venerated as a saint
The Medici move into Florence from their country home in the Mugello valley
The biblical kings and queens in the west porch of Chartres cathedral are a striking early example of Gothic sculpture
German merchants begin trading along the coasts of Latvia and Estonia, a region to which they give the name Livonia
The merging of Catalonia with Aragon, by marriage, creates a power in northern Spain of comparable strength to Castile
Henry II, coming to the throne of England, is king or feudal overlord of an unbroken swathe of territory from the Tweed to the Pyrenees
A Russian prince, Andrei Bogolyubski, makes his capital east of Moscow at Vladimir, where he builds a cathedral and several churches
Chrétien de Troyes and other French authors turn the stories of Arthur and his knights into a romance of courtly love
Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor to Henry II, is forced by the king to accept the vacant post of archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Becket, having offended the king by his firm stand as archbishop of Canterbury, flees to a monastery near Paris
Normans land in Ireland, seize Wexford, and in the following year capture Waterford and Dublin
The first known mystery play, the Mystery of Adam, takes place outside a church somewhere in France
Henry II arranges for the archbishop of York to crown his son, the 'Young King', as a joint ruler
Thomas Becket, in France, suspends the English bishops who have participated in the coronation of the 'Young King'
After an apparent reconciliation with Henry II, Thomas Becket leaves France and returns to Canterbury
Four knights, acting on an unguarded hint from Henry II, murder Thomas Becket on December 29 in his cathedral at Canterbury
Henry II, the king of England, summons the Irish and Norman lords to do homage to him in Dublin
Construction begins on London Bridge, the first stone bridge to be built across a tidal waterway
