Contemporary Icons (XIth Century)
Byzantine art |
Contemporary art |
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1028 - Church of the Theotokos, Thessaloniki. Wall paintings of Agia Sophia, Ohrid. 1037 - 1046 Building of Agia Sophia, Kiev. Wall paintings of Agia Sophia, Kiev. 1045 -1050 Agia Sophia, Novgorod Mosaics of Nea Moni, Chios. Church of Sts-Theodore, Athens 1063 - Building of St Mark, Venice Dome of Pisa. Wall paintings of Agia Sophia, Novgorod. Byzantines mosaicists at Monte Cassino. Wall paintings of Torcello (Venice). Wall paintings of Sant'Angelo in Formis. Wall paintings in rupestre churches of Puglie (Italy). 1094 - Consecration of St Mark, Venice. |
St Martin of Canigou (France). 1010 - 1171 Cathedral of Tournai. Apocalypse of St Sever (Gascogne). Romanesque paintings in France and Catalonia. 1064 - St Etienne of Caen (France) 1065 - Westminster Abbey. 1077 - The Bayeux Tapestry. 1078 - 1128 Building of St James of Compostella. 1080 - St Sernin of Toulouse (France). First intersecting ribs at Durham, England. 1088 - 1130 Building of Cluny Abbey. 1099 - Stained glasses of the Cathedral of Le Mans (France). |
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Political context |
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Life of the Church |
1001 - Peace treaty with Fatimids. Kiev development. Russian colonization of Souzdal. 1018 - Bulgaria becomes part of the Byzantine Empire. 1025 - Death of Basile II 1040 - Fall of Syracuse to Byzantines. 1048 - First Turkish invasions. 1066 - Conquest of England by Normans. 1071 - Turkish victory at Mantzikert (Armenia). Fall of Bari to Normans. Normans occupy Sicily. 1081 - Alexios Kommenos expels Normans from Dalmatie. Commercial privileges conceded to Venice. 1099 - Crusaders capture Jerusalem. |
1014 - Filioque added to the Creed 1054 - Great Schism between the Latin and Byzantine Churches. The patriarch of Constantinople and the pope in Rome excommunicate one another. 1095 - Council of Clermont: First Crusade. |
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Spiritual life |
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St Niketas Stethatos 1000 - 1090 St Bruno was born in 1032 St Anselm of Cantorbery was born in 1033 Saint Bernard of Claivaux was born in 1090 Sainte Hildegarde of Bingen was born in 1098 Birth of William of Saint-Thierry ? Birth of Richard of Saint-Victor ? |
