1140s
Encyclopedia : 1 : 11 : 114 : 1140s
Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Decades: 1090s 1100s 1110s 1120s 1130s - 1140s - 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s
Years: 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149
Events and Trends
- Abbot Suger rebuilds the monastery of St Denis outside Paris, seen as the initiation of the Gothic style.
- Gratian's Decretals reinvigorate study of canon law and civil law.
- 1142
- * End of the reign of Emperor Sutoku, emperor of Japan
- * Emperor Konoe ascends to the throne of Japan
- 1143 Celestine II is elected pope.
- 1144 Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II
- 1146 Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy
- 1145 - 1147: Second Crusade. Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims
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