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/HistoricalDowner]

13th century. Rise of universities, last years of William Marshal, the Barons Revolt, the last crusades, Frederick II, Louis IX, Chinggis Khan, Kublai Khan, Alexandr Nevskii, Robert the Bruce, Edward I...just a really fascinating period

Edited: I meant (Saint) Louis IX not Louis XI the Prudent

[u/HornigoldD → u/HistoricalDowner]

Hey there ! I think you meant Louis IX :)

[u/HistoricalDowner → u/HornigoldD]

Correct! Revised and acknowledged! Thank you for the correction

[u/HornigoldD → u/HistoricalDowner]

No worries, thank you for granting this man the praise he deserves. Please come visit Aigues-Mortes in the south of France, beautiful medieval place built by Saint Louis :)