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Events take place as far north as Sweden, as far south as Morocco, and as far east as Afghanistan.

Event Chronology

673 (c.) : Birth of Bede

680 : Bede becomes an oblate

735 : Death of Bede

890 (c.) : Birth of Alfarabi

900 (c.)-942 : Alfarabi in Baghdad

950 : Death of Alfarabi

975 (or before) : Birth of Avicenna

1037 : Death of Avicenna

1058 : Birth of Algazel

1077-1091 : Algazel Studies with al-Juwayni

1079 : Birth of Peter Abelard

1090-1100 : Abelard studies under Roscelin of Compiègne

1091-1095 : Algazel teaches in Baghdad

1095-1106 : Algazel Studies to be a Sufi

1098 : Birth of Hildegard of Bingen

1100-1103 (c.) : Abelard studies under William of Champeaux

1103 (c.)-1107 (c.) : Abelard teaches at Melun and Corbeil

1106-1111 : Algazel teaches in Nishapur and Tus

1111 : Death of Algazel

1111-1116 (c.) : Peter Abelard teaches in Paris

1112 : Hildegard of Bingen becomes a nun

1113-1116 : Abelard and Heloise have an affair

1118 : Abelard becomes a monk

1126 (c.) : Birth of Averroes

1129-1136 : Abelard in relative exile

1138 : Birth of Maimonides

1142 : Death of Peter Abelard

1150 : Hildegard founds a new monastery

1159-1165 : Maimonides travels throughout the Mediterranean

1169-1195 : Averroes serves as qâḍî

1170 (c.) : Birth of Robert Grosseteste

1179 : Death of Hildegard of Bingen

1180-1190 : Birth of William of Auvergne

1195 : Averroes exiled to Lucena

1198 : Death of Averroes

1200 (c.) : Birth of Albert the Great

1204 : Death of Maimonides

1210 (or earlier) : Birth of Bartholomew the Englishman

1210 (c.)-1220 (c.) : Birth of Roger Bacon

1210 (c.)-1235 : William of Auvergne studies and teaches in Paris

1217 (c.) : Birth of Bonaventure

1222-1223 : Albert the Great Studies in Padua

1223 : Albert the Great Becomes a Dominican

1223 (c.)-1229 : William of Auvergne teaches at Paris

1224 (c.)-1225 (c.) : Birth of Thomas Aquinas

1225 (c.)-1231 : Bartholomew the Englishman teaches at the University of Paris

1225 : Robert Grosseteste ordained a deacon

1225 (c.)-1235 : Robert Grosseteste teaches at Oxford

1228-1249 : William of Auvergne serves as bishop of Paris

1229 : Robert Grosseteste ordained archdeacon

1231 : Bartholomew the Englishman leaves Paris for Magdeburg

1231-1237 (?) : Bartholomew the Englishman teaches at Magdeburg

1231-1253 : Richard Rufus of Cornwall teaches at Paris and Oxford

1231-1253 : Richard Rufus of Cornwall teaches at Paris and Oxford

1234-1248 : Bonaventure studies at the University of Paris

1235 : Robert Grosseteste becomes bishop of Lincoln

1239-1242 (c.) : Thomas Aquinas studies at Naples

1240 (c.)-1248 : Albert the Great Teaches in Paris

1240s-1250s : Roger Bacon teaches at the University of Paris

1243 : Bonaventure becomes a Franciscan Friar

1243-1244 : Thomas Aquinas becomes a Dominican

1245-1248 : Thomas Aquinas studies at Paris

1248 : Albert the Great helps found the University of Cologne

1248-1257 : Bonaventure teaches at the University of Paris

1248-1252 : Thomas Aquinas studies in Cologne

1249 : Death of William of Auvergne

1252-1259 : Thomas Aquinas teaches at Paris

1253 : Death of Robert Grosseteste

1256 : Birth of Gertrude the Great

1257-1274 : Bonaventure serves as Minister General of the Franciscan Order

1257 (c.) : Roger Bacon becomes a Franciscan friar

1259 or later : Death of Richard Rufus of Cornwall

1259-1261 : Thomas Aquinas teaches at Naples

1261 : Gertrude the Great enters the monastery at Helfta

1261-1265 : Thomas Aquinas teaches at Orvieto

1264-1269 : Albert the Great Teaches in Strassburg and Wuerzburg

1265-1268 : Thomas Aquinas teaches in Rome

1268-1272 : Thomas Aquinas as regent master in Paris (second time)

1272-1274 : Thomas Aquinas teaches at Naples (second time)

1273 : Death of Bonaventure

1274 : Death of Thomas Aquinas

1280 : Death of Albert the Great

1287 : Birth of William of Ockham

1292 (c.)-1294 (c.) : Death of Roger Bacon

1295 : William of Ockham joins Franciscan Convent in London

1301 : Death of Gertrude the Great

1302 (c.) : Birth of Brigid of Sweden

1306 : William of Ockham ordained a deacon

1309-1320 : William of Ockham studies at Oxford

1318 -1318 : Brigid of Sweden marries Ulf Gudmarsson

1321-1324 : William of Ockham teaches in London

1324-1328 : William of Ockham writes

1335-1341 : Brigid serves the King and Queen of Sweden

1341-1343 : Brigid of Sweden goes on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

1347 : Death of William of Ockham

1370 : Brigid of Sweden founds the Order of St. Saviour (Brigittines)

1371-1373 : Brigid of Sweden goes on pilgrimage to the Holy Land

1373 : Death of Brigid of Sweden

About this Map

Medieval events are often difficult to date and place. Birth dates and places are often completely unknown. Sometimes we can infer them from other, more well-documented events in a medieval person's life, or from their names (ie, William of Ockham is almost certainly from Ockham, England). But many times all we can do is make a "best guess."

All events shown on this map are placed in their approximate location -- so if an event happened in Naples, it will be located in the city, but not necessarily in its exact location in the city. Some events are so uncertain, we aren't even sure which country they should be located in!

Many places have more than one event associated with them. You may need to zoom in very far to see all of the different events that occurred in one place, especially in Paris.