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| 1100 |
| | | On the death of his brother, William II, Henry I becomes king of England | |
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| 1100 |
| | | Conjoined twins Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst are born in Biddenden, in Kent | |
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| c. 1102 |
| | | The chansons de geste, performed by professional minstrels in castles and manors, celebrate the exploits of Charlemagne and his paladins | |
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| c. 1109 |
| | | The crusaders now rule the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, the principality of Antioch and the counties of Tripoli and Edessa | |
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| 1113 |
| | | The Knights of St John of Jerusalem become an established order under papal protection | |
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| 1114 |
| | | A 'chapelry' exists by now in Petersham, probably occupying the same site as a Saxon church mentioned in the Domesday Book | |
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| c. 1115 |
| | | Peter Abelard teaches philosophy at Notre Dame until an affair with one of his pupils, Héloïse, brings his career to a dramatic end | |
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| 1115 |
| | | St Bernard establishes a new monastery at Clairvaux, from which he presides over the rapid expansion of the Cistercian order | |
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| c. 1120 |
| | | The troubadours of Provence develop a new form of love poetry in French, introducing courtly love | |
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| 1120 |
| | | The White Ship strikes a rock off the Cherbourg peninsula drowning William the Aetheling, heir to the English throne | |
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