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1139
 
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Victory over the Muslims at Ourique is seen as the moment of Portugal's independence from the kingdom of Leon       
1142
 
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The great castle of Krak des Chevaliers is built in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem by the Knights of St John        
Krak des Chevaliers
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1144
 
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The new abbey church of St Denis is consecrated near Paris, introducing the style of architecture later known as Gothic       
1144
 
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The city of Edessa is captured by Zangi, a Mameluke general, in the first setback for the crusaders in the Middle East        
1144
 
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The fall of Edessa prompts the pope, Eugenius III, to call for a second crusade to defend the Latin kingdom        
c. 1145
 
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A new form of pious devotion is seen in Chartres, with people painfully dragging wagons of stone to enlarge the cathedral       
1145
 
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A bishop in the crusader territories of the Middle East has news of a fabulously wealthy Christian king, Prester John     
1147
 
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Rival Berber tribesmen, the Almohads, evict the Almoravids from Marrakech and soon conquer the whole north African coast        
1147
 
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Alfonso I takes Lisbon from the Muslims, with the unexpected help of some passing English crusaders      
1147
 
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Gilbert of Hastings, an English priest, becomes bishop of the recovered see of Lisbon - the first of many such links between England and Portugal