1121

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political events

The Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus recovers southwestern Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks and then hastens to the Balkans, where the Patzinak Turks are continuing their incursions.

religion

The Concordat of Worms condemns French theologian-philosopher Pierre Abelard, 42, for his teachings of the Trinity, and he is castrated by hirelings (or relatives) of the canon Fulbert, whose niece, Héloïse, now 23, he impregnated when she was 17 and has secretly married. Abelard withdraws to the abbey of St. Denis to become a monk, pursued by his former student, Héloïse, and begins a persecuted life in which he will wander from one monastery to another and found the priory of the Paraclete, where Héloïse will be prioress (see 1140).

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Construction

Reginald of Châtillon, one of the Crusaders, builds the giant castle-fortress of Al-Karak (Kerak) near the Arabian frontier in what is now Jordan. See also 1075 Construction; 1180 Construction.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1090s  1100s  1110s  – 1120s –  1130s  1140s  1150s
Years:	1118 1119 1120 – 1121 – 1122 1123 1124

1121 by topic

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State leaders – Sovereign states

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Art and literature

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1121 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1121 MCXXI
Ab urbe condita	1874
Armenian calendar	570 ԹՎ ՇՀ
Bahá'í calendar	-723 – -722
Berber calendar	2071
Buddhist calendar	1665
Burmese calendar	483
Byzantine calendar	6629 – 6630
Chinese calendar	庚子年十二月十一日 (3757/3817-12-11) — to — 辛丑年十一月二十日 (3758/3818-11-20)
Coptic calendar	837 – 838
Ethiopian calendar	1113 – 1114
Hebrew calendar	4881 – 4882
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1176 – 1177
- Shaka Samvat	1043 – 1044
- Kali Yuga	4222 – 4223
Holocene calendar	11121
Iranian calendar	499 – 500
Islamic calendar	514 – 515
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3454
Thai solar calendar	1664
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Events

• The Concordat of Worms condemns Pierre Abélard's writings on the Holy Trinity. Later in the year, Canon Fulbert (not to be confused with Fulbert of Chartres), uncle of Heloise, has Abélard castrated.
• Reading Abbey is founded in England.
• August 12 – King David the Builder of Georgia, with 55,000 troops, defeats the 200,000-strong Muslim coalition troops at Didgori, in eastern Georgia.

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Deaths

• December 11—Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Fatimid Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
• William of Champeaux, French philosopher
• Zhou Tong, archery teacher and second military arts tutor of famous Song Dynasty General Yue Fei

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