History
1140
General
Population: 340 Million*
- Religion: Council of Sens condemns heresies of Abelard
Sefer ha-Kusari of Spanish rabbi Judan ben Samuel ha-Levi argues that religious thought is superior to reason
- Deaths: Jehuda Halevy the Jewish/Spanish poet and philosopher
Europe
- Bohemia: Vladislav II of Bohemia rules
- France: Abbey Church of St. Denis near Paris becomes first Gothic building
- German States: Women of Weinsberg save men from slaughter by carrying them from the fortress
- Italian States: In Venice the power of the doge (ruler) transferred to Great Council
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