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Christian History Institute's Chronological Index of Stories
A.D. 901 through 1200

History of Christianity is a six part survey designed to stimulate your curiosity by providing glimpses of pivotal events and persons in the spread of the church.

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The dates refer to the focus date of a story when known, otherwise any key year associated with the subject.

? means that a year is uncertain or unknown within a wide range
ca. means "circa," or "about"
ff means "and following"
fl. means flourished

     916 . . . Clement of Ohrid Was Laid in the Earth
     929 . . . "Good King" Wenceslas Had a Greedy Brother

     955 . . . St. Stephen, Hungary's Unsaintly Saint
     963 . . . Roman Synod Deposed Pope John XII
     969 . . . Sainted Ukrainian Princess Olga
     997 . . . Dead Adalbert Worth His Weight in Gold
     988 . . . Dunstan of Canterbury
     988 . . . Vladimir Led Ukrainians through Baptism
    1000ff . . Magnificent Medieval Cathedrals (Glimpses)

    1003 . . . Sylvester, Naturalist & Pope
    1009 . . . Bruno of Querfurt Met Martyrdom
    1009 . . . Church of the Holy Sepulcher Destroyed
    1045 . . . Gregory Paid Benedict to Get Lost
    1049 . . . Leo IX Held Council in Rheims

    1054 . . . Schism between East & West Began
    1065 . . . England's Famous Abbey Dedicated
    1066 . . . King Edward the Confessor's 2 Successors
    1066 . . . William Conquered England & Its Church
    1066 . . . Scotland's Queen Margaret
    1073 . . . Antony of the Caves
    1076 . . . "...to Hildebrand, Not Pope but False Monk"
    1088 . . . Theophylact's Flattery "Exiled" Him to Ohrid
    1089 . . . Archbishop Lanfranc Didn't Take His Medicine
    1095 . . . Rockingham Council Cut Anselm
    1095 . . . "God Wills It," Shouted the People
    1096 . . . Terrible Outbreak of Antisemitism
    1096 . . . Xerigordon's Crusaders Were Surrounded
    1098 . . . Citeaux Got Monastery; Europe Got Reform

    1109 . . . Anselm's Subtle Proof of God's Existence
    1115 . . . Bernard Founded Clairvaux
    1117 . . . Merton's New Religious House Consecrated
    1146 . . . Bernard Preached a Crusade

    1154 . . . Adrian, the Only English Pope
    1162 . . . Henry's Love for Becket Became Hatred
    1164 . . . Peter Lombard, Author of Famed Sentences
    1167 . . . Aelred Changed History by Choosing Church
    1179 . . . Hildegard: Sybil of the Rhine
    1179 . . . New Procedure for Electing Popes
    1180 . . . John of Salisbury Defined His Age
    1187 . . . Saladin Captured Jerusalem
    1194 . . . Chartres Burned but Relic Survived
    1200 . . . King John Was Pallbearer for Saint Hugh

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