1140S

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Events and Trends

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

★ 1143 — Celestine II elected pope

★ 1144 — Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II

★ 1146 — Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy

★ 1145–1147 — Second Crusade — Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims

★ 1148 — The Alexiad is written by the Byzantine historian Anna Comnena, daughter of Alexius I.