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1.2 Western Europe 1200-1250
Western Europe 1200-1250:

(OK, it's the same as OTL, but I wanted to make a list in preparation for what comes later.)

1209-29: France eradicates the Albigensians.

1210: Roger Bacon born.

1214: Battle of Bouvines, France wins; Angevine Empire ends

1215: Magna Charta in England. 4th Lateran council. Teaching of Catharers and Waldensians condemned, Jews are forced to wear the infamous special hats.

1216: Order of the Dominicans founded.

1220-30: German Customary Law written down in the so-called Sachsenspiegel.

1221: Bonaventura (Franciscans) born.

1223: Franciscans acknowledged by the pope.

1225/26: Thomas of Aquin born.

1226: France becomes hereditary monarchy.

1227: Denmark loses Northern Germany in the Battle of Bornhöved. German poet Walther von der Vogelweide dies.

1229-35: Aragon conquers the Baleares.

1230: Castille united with Leon by Hernando III the Holy. He conquers Cordoba, Murcia, Jaen, Sevilla; Moslems reduced to Granada.

1231: Papal Inquisition created.

1246: The French side line Anjou founded. In the same year, they get the Provence.

1250: Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II. dies. Birger Jarl ruler in Schweden. Portugal conquers the Algarve.


And BTW, the Americas and Oceania are unchanged too. Important events there:

1200: Cuzco founded

1250: Tenochca migrate to the valley of Mexico.

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