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 Stephen (of Blois, king of England 1135-1154)
1140 Abbey Church of St Denis begun
  Foundation of Augustinian canons at Bristol
  Building of original Bristol church
  Castle at Sherriff Hutton
  Coggeshall Abbey founded
  Construction of Framlingham Castle
  Whitland Abbey foundation
  Construction of Hedingham Castle
  Castle Rising Construction
  Woodstock held by Matilda
 Mar 20 Eclipse
 Dec Stephen besieges Lincoln
1141 Lincoln Cathedral damaged by fire
  Winchester Castle burns down
 Feb 2 Battle of Lincoln
 Apr Matilda is elected Queen
 Jun Matilda enters London
 Sep 14 Rout of Winchester
 Nov Exchange of King Stephen and Gloucester
1142 Henry (II) spends a year in England
  Calder Abbey founded
  Dundrennan Abbey founded
  Mandeville and Matilda
  Cistercians in Ireland
 Oct Oxford siege and Matilda's escape
1143 Whitland Abbey founded
  Revesby Abbey founded
  Boxley Abbey founded
  Celestine II becomes Pope
  Baldwin III becomes king of Jerusalem
 Sep Mandeville is arrested
1144 Construction of Faringdon Castle
  Geoffrey Plantagenet captures Normandy
  Lucius II becomes Pope
 Dec 24 Capture of Edessa
1145 Stephen takes Farringdon Castle
  Woburn Abbey founded
  Jervaulx Abbey founded
  Construction of Brightwell Castle
  Eugenius III becomes Pope
 Dec 1 First formal Bull of crusade
1146 Knights Templars adopt cross pattee
  Llansteffan Castle captured
 Mar 1 Pope reissues Papal Bull for a Crusade
 Mar 31 Sermon at Vézelay
 Christmas Stephen's Crown Wearing
 Dec 25 Diet of Spires
1147 Pevensey Castle siege
  Foundation of Biddlesden Abbey
  Henry arrives in England
  Bruern Abbey founded
  The Savigny order joins the Cistercians
  Dore Abbey founded
  Kirkstall Abbey founded
 May The start of the Second Crusade
 Jun Louis VII joins the Crusade
 Oct 31 Robert, Earl of Gloucester dies
1148 Consecration at Bristol
  Lilleshall Abbey Founded
 Feb Matilda leaves England
 Jun 24 Damascus attacked
 Sep Conrad III leaves the Holy Land
1149May 22 Henry (II) knighted by David
 Matilda (Daughter of Henry I)
1141 Lincoln Cathedral damaged by fire
  Winchester Castle burns down
 Feb 2 Battle of Lincoln
 Apr Matilda is elected Queen
 Jun Matilda enters London
 Sep 14 Rout of Winchester
 Nov Exchange of King Stephen and Gloucester
Other Key People 
 Suger (of St Denis, Paris, Abbot)
 Bigod, Hugh
 David (I, King of Scotland 1124-1153)
 Mandeville, Geoffrey de (Earl of Essex)
 Robert (Earl of Gloucester)
 Baldwin (III, King of Jerusalem 1143-1162)
 Melisende (of Jerusalem)
 Fulk (V, of Anjou)
 Geoffrey (Plantagenet, 'The Fair', Count of Anjou)
 Bernard (of Clairvaux)
 Eleanor (of Aquitaine)
 Conrad (III, Emperor of Germany)
 Louis (VII, The Young, King of France, 1137-1180)
Episodes 
 Civil War Stephen and Matilda
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1140 Woodstock held by Matilda
  Dec Stephen besieges Lincoln
1141 Winchester Castle burns down
  Feb 2 Battle of Lincoln
  Apr Matilda is elected Queen
  Jun Matilda enters London
  Sep 14 Rout of Winchester
1142 Mandeville and Matilda
  Henry (II) spends a year in England
  Oct Oxford siege and Matilda's escape
1143 Sep Mandeville is arrested
1144 Geoffrey Plantagenet captures Normandy
  Construction of Faringdon Castle
1145 Stephen takes Farringdon Castle
1147 Henry arrives in England
  Pevensey Castle siege
  Oct 31 Robert, Earl of Gloucester dies
1148 Feb Matilda leaves England
1149 May 22 Henry (II) knighted by David
 The Second Crusade
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1144 Dec 24 Capture of Edessa
1145 Dec 1 First formal Bull of crusade
1146 Mar 1 Pope reissues Papal Bull for a Crusade
  Mar 31 Sermon at Vézelay
  Dec 25 Diet of Spires
1147 May The start of the Second Crusade
  Jun Louis VII joins the Crusade
1148 Jun 24 Damascus attacked
  Sep Conrad III leaves the Holy Land
Religious Building Construction 
1140 Abbey Church of St Denis begun
  Building of original Bristol church
1141 Lincoln Cathedral damaged by fire
1148 Lilleshall Abbey Founded
Military Building Construction 
1140 Castle at Sherriff Hutton
  Construction of Framlingham Castle
  Construction of Hedingham Castle
  Castle Rising Construction
1144 Construction of Faringdon Castle
1145 Construction of Brightwell Castle
Battles 
1141Feb 2 Battle of Lincoln
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