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othic architecture, with its pointed arches and high, vaulted
ceilings prevails in church building.
• 1182--Notre Dame Cathedral consecrated
• 1194--Chartres Cathedral begun
• The medieval papacy, at the height of its power and influence,
continues to encourage crusades to liberate the Holy Land from the Moslems.
• 1104--Acre taken by the Crusaders, fell to Moslems again in 1191
• 1147--Second Crusade (supported by Bernard of Clairvaux) fails,
with most Crusaders dying in Asia Minor.
• 1187--Loss of Jerusalem by the Crusaders
• 1190--German Hospitalers founded (later becoming the Teutonic
Order)
• Belief in immaculate conception of Mary spreads.
• 1170--Pope Alexander III established rules for the canonization
of saints, the same year Thomas Becket is murdered in England. Becket
is canonized in 1173.
• 1173--Waldensian movement begins in Lyons, seeking truth in Bible
rather than medieval tradition. The church persecutes these devout believers
sometimes seen as predecessors of Protestant reform.
• Monasticism continues to be main source of reforming church.
• 1115--St. Bernard establishes monastery at Clairvaux. He will
become the "greatest churchman of the 12th century."
• 1155--Carmelite Order founded
AD 1200 (THIRTY-NINE GENERATIONS AFTER CHRIST)
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| Percent Christian: 19.4% |
| Breakdown: 35.7% nonwhite, 64.3% white |
| Evangelization: 26% of world |
| Scriptures: 22 languages |
| Source: David Barrett. |
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