12th century

The 12th century consists of the years 1101-1200 AD.

Events
1123. First Lateran Council, establishes the relative rights of the Catholic Church and those of the Holy Roman Emperors regarding the investature of bishops. 1149. Second Lateran Council. Affirms First Latern Council; declares Clerical marriages to be invalid; regulates clerical dress regulated. Attacks on clerics are to be punished by excommunication. 1147-1149. Pope Eugene III launches the Second Crusade 1179. Third Lateran Council. Limits papal electees to the cardinals alone, condens simony, and forbids the promotion of anyone to the episcopate before the age of thirty. 1189-1192. Pope Gregory VIII calls the Third Crusade to reconquer the Holy Land from the Muslim leader Saladin.

Births and deaths

 * February 22, 1040. Birth of Jewish Rabbi Rashi

Timeline
11th century | 12th century | 13th century .