Contemporary Icons (XIIIth Century)
Agia Sophia, Constantinople
Panaghia, Moscow
Ohrid
St. Mark, Venice
Byzantine art
Contemporary art
Wall paintings of Studenica, Jitsa and Milecheva.
Icon of the Mother of God, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Wall paintings, church of the Achiropiitos, Thessaloniki.
Icons of Mount Sinai
Church of the Forty Martyrs, Tirnovo (Bulgaria).
Mosaics of Venice
Icon of the Mother of God, Keryna (Cyprus)
1282 - Wall paintings of the Protaton, Mount Athos
Wall paintings of Pec, Moraca, Agia Sophia (Trebizond), Bojana (Bulgaria)
Wall paintings of Sopocani (Yougoslavia).
Mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
1290 - Church of the Saints Theodore, Mistra
Mosaics of Porta Panaghia near Trikkala and of the Mother of God "Deliverer", Arta
Icons of Pskov, Tver and Novgorod
1203 - 1208 Saint Michael's Mount
Wall paintings of St Sylvester's oratory, Santi Quatro Coronati, Rome
1211 - Cathedral of Reims (Beginning).
1215 - Building of Saint-Etienne of Auxerre
1220 - The rose of Notre Dame cathedral of Paris
1220 - 1269 Cathedral of Amiens
1220 - 1240 Cathedral of Salisbury
1227 - Cathedral of Toledo
1232 - Santa Croce, church of Franciscans, Firenze
1235 - 1260 Cathedral of Trier
Fresques de Subiaco (Italy)
1242 - 1248 Sainte Chapelle (Holy Chapel), Paris.
1245 - 1258 Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey.
1250 Mosaics of the Baptistery and San Miniato, Firenze
1255 Cathedral of Léon (Spain)
1260 Consecration of the Cathedral of Chartres
1277 - 1313 Cathedral of Arezzo
1278 - 1330 Santa Maria Novella, Firenze
1282 - 1390 Cathedral of St Cécile of Albi (France)
1297 - 1299 Giotto paints in Assisi
Political context
Life of the Church
1204 - Constantinople falls to Crusaders during the Fourth Crusade. Creation of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.
Foundation of the Empire of Trebizonda (1204 -1461)
1206 - Theodore I Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor of Nicaea.
1222 - John III at Nicaea.
1226 - Reign of Louis IX of France.
1227 - Death of Genghis-Khan. Mongolian Empire.
1233 - Mongols invade Russia.
1240 - Mongols capture Kiev.
1242 - Teutonic knights defeated by Alexander Nevski, Grand Duke of Novgorod.
1261 - Michael VIII Palaeologus delivers Constantinople.
1282 - Andronikos II denounces the Church Union. Sicilian Vespers save Byzance from the Western danger.
1291 - Creation of Swizerland.
1204 - Fourth Crusade. Sack of Constantinople by the Crusaders diverted by the Doge of Venice.
1208 - Innocent III preaches the Crusade against the Albigensian heretics.
1221 - Fifth Crusade: John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, takes Damieta, but must re-embark in Cairo.
1221 - The Preaching Friars Order is created.
1227 - Excommunication of Frederick II.
1227 - Sixth Crusade: Frederick II negotiates with Sultan Ackhame and becomes King of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is shared between the two religions.
1229 - Council of Toulouse: Gregory appoints Inquisitors.
1249 - Seventh Crusade: Louis IX of France embarks at Aigues-Mortes. He captures Damietta and is himself taken captive in April 1250.
1274 - Council of Lyons: Byzance recognizes the authority of the Pope. Strong opposition of the Orthodox.
1291 - End of the Crusades: Capture of St John of Acre by the Mameluks.
Spiritual life
Artistical life
St Dominic Guzman died in 1221
St Francesco of Assisi died in 1226
St Albert the Great (1200 - 1280)
St Bonaventure (1221 - 1274)
St Thomas of Aquinas (1225 - 1274)
St Angela of Foligno was born in 1248
St Gregoiry the Sinaite was born in 1255
Meister Eckhart was born 1268
John Ruysbroeck was born in 1293
St Gregoiry Palamas was born in 1296
Dante Alighieri was born in 1255
Duccio di Boninsegna was born in 1260
Giotto di Bondone was born in 1266