1209

This page relates to the year 1209 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Africa

  • New embassy of the king of Aksoum Lalibela with the Cairo to obtain repair and bring back a new archbishop after the defection of Michel II. The splendor of the delegation attracts crowd with the patriarchal Mo church' allaqah, in Qasr-ech-Chamah beyond Fostat. The envoys bring for the patriarch a gold crown engraved and various animals: giraffe, elephant, lion, zebra. Michel II is relieved of his load of métropolite of Ethiopia.
  • As of this time, the religious situation in Ethiopia becomes confused. Until the end of the 13th century, the métropolites will not be any more coptes but Syrian.

Asia

  • Reign in China of Tchoung-hei, emperor Djürchet of the Jin (fine in 1213).
  • Gengis Khan subjects the Xixia Kan-known. The Mongolian troops encircle the capital Hung-hing and threaten to flood the city by sapping its walls using the water of the Huang He. The sovereign Tangut Marie her daughter with Gengis Khan to save its throne.
  • Bartchouk, vassal Ouïgour of the Kara Khitaï, revolts and made oath of homage to Gengis Khan, which gives him his/her daughter in marriage.

Europe

  • Beginning of the crusade against the Albigensians (fine in 1229).
    • May 1st: The king of France Philippe II Auguste and the papal legate convene an assembly of large kingdom, close to Sens, to decide on a crusade against the Albigensians.
    • Raymond VI of Toulouse made Penitence and is subjected to Saint-Gilles.
    • July 22nd: Bag of Béziers at the time of the Albigensian Crusade, the population is massacred: 22.000 dead. Seven thousand people are massacred in the only church of the Madeleine. The city flames during two days. Famous sentence: " Kill all! God will recognize to them his! ". (About this sentence, to see Arnaud Amaury.)

  • nonwell informed or unknown Dates :
  • the Innocent pope III lance a call to the crusade in Spain. Thousands of knights flow.

  • Philippe Auguste seizes the Comté of Poitou.
  • Raymond VI of Toulouse gives Biot to the Templiers which found a Commanderie there.
  • Ordinance of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne: in the event of division of stronghold-liege, each recipient must no longer make homage to the host but to the lord of the stronghold.
  • Revolt against the possadnik Dimitri (first civil magistrate of Novgorod), trusty servant of Vsevolod III Vladimirski.
  • Venice yields the Morée which becomes the franque principality of Achaïe or Morée.

Art & culture

  • Foundation of the first community franciscain E in Italy.
    • François Bernadone decides to live in the absolute destitution, followed quickly by followers (Bernard de Quintavalle, Pierre de Catane) decided to imitate the life apostolic and made up in a fraternity the penitent ones. They are delivered to preaching on subjects of morals, the only ones that authorized them to treat the pope Innocent III (1210).
  • the departure of certain clerks of the Université of Oxford give a true rise to the Université of Cambridge.
  • Description of the monasteries and churches Coptes of the Armenian Abou-Salih.
  • Création of the university of Valence (Spain)
  • the council of Avignon prohibits dances and plays in the church S.
  • Fin of the rebuilding of the London Bridge of London.

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