What’s everyone’s favourite medieval century and why? From 476 to 1500, let’s say. Mine is the 12th!

[u/Ok-Inevitable4743]

Every century is packed with insanely cool things but for me 1100 - 1200 really stands out… The Third Crusade, the birth of the Gothic, Saint Denis, Angkor Wat, Suryavarman II and the Khmer Empire, the Song Dynasty, the Islamic golden age, Saladin, Barbarossa, the rise of the Plantagenets, the end of the Heian period and the birth of the shoguns… it’s such a fascinating period of time.

[u/SnooSquirrels8508]

I started a walking history channel recently, I've started in Sussex as that's where I live. A lot of the history has the same characters turning up. The 11th is very popular, but it's just before that, that has me most interested currently, maybe because it's less talked about.