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The Chinese develop a feature of great significance in the history of seafaring - a sternpost rudder which is an integral part of the ship
The heresy of the Cathars (meaning 'pure' ones) is now so well established in southern France that they have bishops of their own
The fleet of the fourth crusade departs from Venice - only to be diverted from its purposes by Venetian guile
A German order, the Knights of the Sword, begins the forcible conversion of Latvia and Estonia to Christianity
Fibonacci uses Arabic numerals in his Liber Abaci ('Book of the Abacus') and thus contributes greatly to their spread in Europe
The French king, Philip II, takes Normandy from the English, and follows this success by taking Anjou a year later
The crusaders of the fourth crusade besiege, take and destroy the Christian city of Constantinople
The Byzantine empire continues, in much reduced form, with a new capital at Nicaea
Venice takes the useful islands of Corfu and Crete as part of the spoils of the fourth crusade
A Latin empire is set up in Constantinople on the same basis as the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem
The story of Parsifal and the Holy Grail becomes the subject of a courtly epic by Wolfram von Eschenbach
Many of the treasures adorning the church of San Marco in Venice are loot taken from Constantinople during the fourth crusade
Temujin, elected chief of all the Mongol tribes, takes the name Genghis Khan
The murder of the pope's legate to Toulouse provokes the Albigensian crusade, which aims to wipe out the Catharist heresy
St Francis and eleven companions tell Innocent III of their wish for a life of holy poverty in the bustle of the towns
The leader of a Turkish army establishes an independent sultanate in Delhi, beginning many centuries of Muslim rule in north India
Participants in the Children's Crusade suffer disaster after the waters of the Mediterranean fail to part for them
St Dominic and his companions tell Innocent III of their wish to teach and preach in the bustle of the towns
St Mary's chapel in Barnes is enlarged
In Magna Carta's lesser clauses (39 and 40) there are enshrined certain basic guarantees concerning the rule of law
The Dominicans are formally established by Pope Honorius III as Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum, the Order of the Friars Preachers
On the death of his father, King John, Henry III becomes king of England
St Francis of Assisi joins a crusading army in Egypt and attempts to convert the sultan Melek-el-Kamel and his followers to Christianity
Within a span of less than ten years, from 1215, Genghis Khan and the Mongols plunder from China to eastern Europe
Nearly 200 windows make Chartres cathedral the most magnificent display of early stained glass
