1120s
Twelfth-century beginning period
The 1120s refers to the decade spanning the years 1120 through 1129.
Like other decade designations ending in -s, it groups years for historical convenience: The cathedral was built in the 1120s.
The term appears primarily in historical writing discussing medieval events, architecture, or manuscripts.
Triply sacred ancient capital
- TemplarsCrusading monastic knights
- Holy LandSacred ground, three faiths
- SaracensMedieval term for Arabs
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
Antioch · siege · Outremer · military orders · Tripoli · Bernard of Clairvaux
Landed aristocratic residence
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
- fiefGranted feudal estate
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- liegeFeudal superior or subject
fealty · homage · lordship · demesne · peasantry · knight · chivalry · nobility
River-driven grinding facility
- windmillRotating structure harnessing air
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- ploughEarth-turning farm tool
- guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
commerce · scholasticism · alchemy · astrolabe · navigation · manuscript · scriptorium · Romanesque
Monastic house of worship
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
papal · Augustinian · cathedral · chapter · bishop · tithe · pilgrimage · relic
Female name, strength-in-combat meaning
- Investiture ControversyMedieval papal-royal appointment conflict
- succession crisisContested leadership transfer
Jerusalem
Triply sacred ancient capital
- TemplarsCrusading monastic knights
- Holy LandSacred ground, three faiths
- SaracensMedieval term for Arabs
pilgrimage · Antioch · siege · Outremer · military orders · Tripoli · Bernard of Clairvaux
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
liege · fealty · homage · lordship · demesne · peasantry · knight · chivalry · nobility · suzerain
watermill
River-driven grinding facility
- windmillRotating structure harnessing air
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- ploughEarth-turning farm tool
guilds · commerce · scholasticism · alchemy · astrolabe · navigation · manuscript · scriptorium · Romanesque · pointed arch
abbey
Monastic house of worship
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- schismFormal organizational fracture
investiture · papal · Augustinian · cathedral · chapter · bishop · tithe · pilgrimage · relic · Benedictine
Matilda
Female name, strength-in-combat meaning
- Investiture ControversyMedieval papal-royal appointment conflict
- succession crisisContested leadership transfer
1120smodern times
The contemporary era
2020s · today · contemporary era · 2000s · the present