Events from 1179

Snorri Sturluson born - will preserve Norse mythology in Prose Edda before Christianity erases it

Third Lateran Council requires cathedral schools - legal education spreads beyond Bologna as Church mandates schools at every cathedral

Death of St. Hildegard of Bingen - Doctor of the Church, left writings on theology, medicine, and music

Philip Augustus crowned co-king - Louis VII paralyzed by stroke, ensures succession at Reims