1140s

1140s

Events and trends

* Abbot Suger rebuilds the monastery of St Denis outside Paris, seen as the initiation of the Gothic style.
* Gratian's "Decretals" reinvigorate study of canon law and civil law.
* 1142 — End of the reign of Emperor Sutoku, emperor of Japan
* 1142 — Emperor Konoe ascends to the throne of Japan
* 1143Celestine II elected pope
* 1144Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II
* 1146 — Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy
* 11451147Second Crusade — Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims
* 1148 — The Alexiad is written by the Byzantine historian Anna Comnena, daughter of Alexius I.


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