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Bishop of Paris Eudes de Sully condemns the Feast of Fools - the medieval festival where higher clergy changed places wi

Bishop of Paris Eudes de Sully condemns the Feast of Fools - the medieval festival where higher clergy changed places with lower clergy

Bishop of Paris Eudes de Sully condemns the Feast of Fools - the medieval festival where higher clergy changed places with lower clergy

Events Before

  1. Alexios III Angelos drives out his brother Isaac II as Byzantine emperor

    Alexios III Angelos drives out his brother Isaac II as Byzantine emperor

  2. Earliest report of ball lightning in London by Benedictine monk Gervase of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury [1

    Earliest report of ball lightning in London by Benedictine monk Gervase of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury [1]

  3. Battle at Alarcos: Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur defeats army of Alfonso VIII of Castile

    Alfonso VIII (11 November 1155 – 5 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo.

  4. Northern Dutch coast flooded, the "Saint-Nicolas Flood"

    Northern Dutch coast flooded, the "Saint-Nicolas Flood"

  5. Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah

    Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah

Events After

  1. Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of the Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew

    Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of the Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew

  2. Richard the Lionheart dies

    Richard the Lionheart dies

  3. Louis of France (Later Louis VIII) (13) marries Blanche of Castile (12), daughter of Alfonso VIII King of Castile at Por

    Louis of France (Later Louis VIII) (13) marries Blanche of Castile (12), daughter of Alfonso VIII King of Castile at Port-Mort

  4. King John of England (32) marries Isabella of Angoulême (12) in Bordeaux, despite her engagement to Hugh de Lusignan, Co

    King John of England (32) marries Isabella of Angoulême (12) in Bordeaux, despite her engagement to Hugh de Lusignan, Count of La Marche, prompting a rebellion

  5. Treaty of Le Goulet signed between France and England

    The Treaty of Le Goulet was a treaty signed by Kings John of England and Philip II of France in May 1200.

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