Events from 1200

Christina knows fate of dying souls - writhes in agony for damned, dances with joy for saved; townspeople read deaths' outcomes in her reactions

Venice develops commenda contract - legal partnership for maritime trade where investor provides capital, merchant provides labor, profits split by agreement

Bruncvik slays dragon to save lion - Czech prince kills dragon, gains loyal lion companion and magic sword (Bohemian chronicles)

Philip Augustus charters University of Paris - grants privileges to students and masters, creates greatest medieval university

Cathar perfecti practice endura - ritual fasting unto death after receiving consolamentum, seen as liberation from evil material world

Pepper accepted as dowry and rent payment in Europe - 'peppercorn rent' enters legal vocabulary, spices function as currency

Siegfried hunts aurochs in Nibelungenlied - hero kills aurochs along with bears and lions, showing prowess