twelfth century
High Middle Ages
The twelfth century spans the years 1100 to 1199.
In European history, it marks the height of the Crusades, the rise of Gothic architecture, and a renaissance of classical learning.
Like other century terms, it functions as both noun and adjective: twelfth-century manuscripts, the art of the twelfth century.
- Hildegard of BingenMedieval polymath and abbess
- Bernard of ClairvauxTwelfth-century Cistercian abbot
- CrusadesMedieval wars for Jerusalem
- Loire ValleyFrench wine region with castles
- SaladinTwelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
Frederick Barbarossa · Knights Templar · Eleanor of Aquitaine · Marshal · illuminated manuscripts · feudal system · troubadours · Holy Land · Chrétien de Troyes · Richard the Lionheart · Song of Roland · Reconquista · Magna Carta · Norman · dynastic marriage · Europe · Byzantine Empire · cathedrals
twelfth centurytwenty-first century
Years 2001 through 2100
modern era · modern times · prehistoric times · Stone Age · digital age
twelfth centurymodern age
Current historical epoch
industrial era · Age of Enlightenment · Renaissance · scientific revolution · prehistory
twelfth centuryancient times
Long-ago historical era
classical antiquity · prehistoric era · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Stone Age