| 1139–1153 | Civil War in England |
| 1152–1190 | Reign of Frederick Barbarossa |
| 1154–1189 | Reign of King Henry II |
| 1176 | Battle of Legnano |
| 1180–1223 | Reign of Philip II Augustus |
| c. 1182–1226 | Life of Francis of Assisi |
| 1189–1192 | The Third Crusade |
| 1202–1204 | The Fourth Crusade |
| 1204 | Fall of Constantinople to crusaders |
| 1204 | Philip takes Normandy, Anjou, Maine, Touraine, and Poitou from John |
| 1209–1229 | Albigensian Crusade |
| 1212 | Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; triumph of the reconquista |
| 1214 | Battle of Bouvines |
| 1215 | Magna Carta |