12th century
Crusades and cathedrals
The 12th century spans the years 1101 to 1200.
Century numbering runs one ahead of the year's leading digits—the 1100s are the 12th century, not the 11th.
Gothic cathedrals rose across Europe in the 12th century.
The pattern applies throughout: the 1900s were the 20th century, and we now live in the 21st.
- ScholasticismMedieval academic theology method
- CrusadesMedieval wars for Jerusalem
- Holy Roman EmpireMedieval Germanic political entity
- feudal lordLand-granting medieval ruler
- Gothic architectureMedieval style with pointed arches
Eleanor of Aquitaine · siege warfare · chain mail · Feudalism · medieval · Reconquista · Al-Andalus · Saladin · Richard the Lionheart · Angkor Wat · Frederick Barbarossa · stone masonry · Norman · Thomas Becket · cathedrals · monasteries · illuminated manuscripts · pilgrimage routes
12th century21st century
Years 2001 to 2100
modern era · today · 20th century · now · distant future
12th centuryantiquity
Great age, ancient era
ancient times · prehistoric era · Bronze Age · Stone Age · Iron Age
12th centurydigital age
Epoch of computerized life
information age · Industrial Age · computer age · space age · atomic age