1140
ID: 188
Abbot Suger begins rebuilding St. Denis - invents Gothic architecture, 'theology of light'
ID: 188
1140
ID: 217
Gratian completes Decretum - systematic compilation of canon law, basis for Catholic legal system
ID: 217
1140
ID: 2136
Gratian completes Concordia discordantium canonum (Decretum) at Bologna - systematic harmonization of 3,800 texts of canon law, becomes foundation of Church legal system
ID: 2136
1140
ID: 5055
Peter Abelard condemned at Sens - his trinitarian theology rejected, St. Bernard of Clairvaux opposes him
ID: 5055
1140
ID: 5288
Troubadours revolutionize concept of love - create idea of romantic love as ennobling force, individual choice over arranged marriage
ID: 5288
1140
ID: 5295
Troubadours develop 'joi' concept - complex emotion combining joy and suffering, ecstasy through unfulfilled desire
ID: 5295