1120s - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Decades: 1070s 1080s 1090s 1100s 1110s - 1120s - 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s

Years: 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129

Events and Trends

• Romanesque sculptor Gislebertus active at Autun, Burgundy, France

• 1121 Council of Soissons condemns Pierre Abélard's work
• 1122
  • Resolution of Investiture Controversy in the Concordat of Worms
  • Pierre Abélard writes Sic et Non
• 1123
  • First Council of the Lateran confirms Concordat of Worms and demands that priests remain celibate
  • End of the reign of Emperor Toba of Japan.
  • Emperor Sutoku ascends to the throne of Japan
• 1124 Honorius II is elected pope
• 1128 Geoffery of Anjou marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England
• 1129 Emperor Toba of Japan begins his cloistered rule.