1180s
Twelfth century's eighth
The 1180s refers to the decade spanning 1180 to 1189.
Like other decade terms ending in -s, it groups years for historical discussion: The Third Crusade began in the 1180s.
The form works for any century—the 1880s, the 2020s—always treating ten years as a unit.
Late twelfth-century holy war
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- SaladinTwelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
- Richard the LionheartPlantagenet crusader king
- TemplarsCrusading monastic knights
Frederick Barbarossa · Teutonic Knights · Holy Land · Saracens · pilgrimage · Levant · crusaders · knights
Land-for-service social structure
- manorialismMedieval estate labor system
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- vassalageSubordination to a lord
- fiefdomsTerritories under feudal lords
fief · manor · serfs · lords · vassals · knighthood · chivalry · squires
Twelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
- Richard the LionheartPlantagenet crusader king
- Frederick Barbarossa
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Chrétien de Troyes
Medieval English dynasty
- Angevin EmpireHenry II's cross-Channel holdings
- Holy Roman EmpireMedieval Germanic political entity
- Byzantine EmpireMedieval eastern Roman state
- SeljukMedieval Turkic ruling dynasty
Third Crusade
Late twelfth-century holy war
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- SaladinTwelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
- Richard the LionheartPlantagenet crusader king
Frederick Barbarossa · Templars · Teutonic Knights · Holy Land · Saracens · pilgrimage · Levant · crusaders · knights · jihad
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
- manorialismMedieval estate labor system
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- vassalageSubordination to a lord
fiefdoms · fief · manor · serfs · lords · vassals · knighthood · chivalry · squires · courtly love
Saladin
Twelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
- Richard the LionheartPlantagenet crusader king
- Frederick Barbarossa
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
Plantagenet
Medieval English dynasty
- Angevin EmpireHenry II's cross-Channel holdings
- Holy Roman EmpireMedieval Germanic political entity
- Byzantine EmpireMedieval eastern Roman state
1180s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
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