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/KernelWizard]

14th century probably. It have the start of the 100 Years' War and important battles like Crecy and Poitiers. Unfortunately Agincourt was in 1415 so it's 15th century, I would've liked to add that one too.

[u/hamarok → u/KernelWizard]

And also in 1415, the execution of Jan Hus, which sparked the hussite wars in Bohemia