1144 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Louis VII capitulates to Pope Celestine II and so earns the pope's absolution
• Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II
• December 24 - Edessa falls to Zengi
• Montauban, France, is founded
• First recorded example of an anti-Semitic blood libel in England
• Normandy comes under Angevin control under Geoffrey of Anjou
• Earliest example of Gothic architecture, in the choir of Saint Denis Basilica in Paris
• First recorded mention of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Arnold of Brescia founds revolutionary Rome Commune
• Manuel I Comnenus brings Raymond, Prince of Antioch, under Byzantine influence.
• The Priory in Lesmahagow is founded by Benedictine monks

Births

Deaths

• March 8 - Pope Celestine II