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Gariopontus, Salernian medieval writer (? - 1050) Lanfranc, English (Italian-born) prelate and scholar (1005? - 1089) Siward ("The Strong"), Earl of Northumberland, Danish warrior (? - 1055) Abdullah Ansari of Herat, Sufi master (1006 - 1089) READ QUOTES (1) Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand), Tuscan pope (c. 1015 - 1085) READ QUOTES (1) Egbert of Liege (Egert von Luttich), Flemish poet, cleric and hagiographer (fl. 1060) William I (William the Conqueror), English king (1027 - 1087) St. Anselm, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1033 - 1109) READ QUOTES (2) Su Shi, Chinese Song Dynasty poet (1037 - 1101) READ QUOTES (1) El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, Spanish soldier (1040 - 1099) Omar Khayyam ("The Tent-Maker"), Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer (c.1048 - 1131) READ QUOTES (39) CHECK READING LIST (1) Theophylact (a/k/a Theophilus), Bulgarian biblical commentator and archbishop of Achrida (c. 1050 - after 1107) Guibert of Nogent, French Benedictine theologian (1053 - 1124) William II (William Rufus), English king (1056? - 1100) Eadmer (Edmer), English ecclesiastic, historian and biographer (1060? - 1124?) Anselm of Laon, French theologian (? - 1117) Gilbertus Cognatus Noxeranus, French philosopher (c. 1070 - 1154) Tancred, Norman crusader (1078? - 1112) Peter Abelard, French scholar, theologian and philosopher (1079 - 1142) Saint Celsus (Cellach), Irish prelate and Archbishop of Armagh (1079 - 1129) READ QUOTES (1) Alberic, French Benedictine monk of Monte Cassino (1080 - 1147) READ QUOTES (1) Abbot Suger, French churchman and statesman (1081? - 1151) Theobald II, Count of Champagne, French noble (1085? - 1152) READ QUOTES (1) Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra, Jewish (Spanish-born) commentator, poet, philosopher and astronomer (c. 1089 - 1164) READ QUOTES (1) Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, French ecclesiastic, Abbot of Clairvaux (1091 - 1153) READ QUOTES (16) Gislebertus, French sculptor (fl 1120 - 1140) William of Malmsbury, English monk and historian of Anglo-Saxon times (1095? - 1143?) Queen Maud (or Matilda), Empress of Germany and Queen of England (1102 - 1167) READ QUOTES (1) Saint Ethelred of Rievaulx (Saint Ailred), English historical writer (1109? - 1166) Alanus de Insulis (Alain de Lille) (de L'Isle), French writer and scholar (1114 - 1203) David Alroy, Jewish prince (fl. 1150) Saint Thomas a Becket, English prelate, Archbishop of Canterbury (1118? - 1170) Farid ud-Din Attar, Persian poet (1119 - 1230) Judah Ben Saul Ibn Tibbon, Jewish translator of Provence (1120 - 1190) Frederick I ("Barbarossa"), German emperor (1121 - 1190) Richard, French (Scottish-born) mystic, theologian and monk of St. Victor, Paris (? - 1173) READ QUOTES (1) Robert Wace (Eustace), Anglo-Norman (Isle of Jersey) poet (c. 1124 - 1174) READ QUOTES (1) Alanus de Insulus (Alain de l'Isle), English (c. 12th century) READ QUOTES (1) Rabbi Mayir (Meir) ben Isaac, French scholar (12th century) Constantinus Manasses, Greek historian and poet (12th century) Rabbi L. Ben Issac Mayir (Meir), French scholar of the 12th century (12th century) READ QUOTES (1) Herbert of Bosham, English biographer of Becket (fl. 1162 - 1186) Chu Hi (Chu Hsi), Chinese philosopher (1130 - 1200) READ QUOTES (1) John of Salisbury, English prelate (? - 1180) Adam de St. Victor, French canon and Latin hymnologist (1130 - 1180) READ QUOTES (1) Xi Zhi, Chinese neo-Confucian philosopher, Song Dynasty (1130 - 1200) READ QUOTES (2) Bernard of Cluny, Benedictine monk, poet and religious writer (fl. 12th century) Chretian de Troyes, French poet (c. 1164) Maimonides, Jewish (Spanish-born) philosopher, jurist and physician (1135 - 1204) READ QUOTES (1) Sa'd b. Muhammad Hais Bais, Arab letter writer (fl. 1178) READ QUOTES (1) Cambrensis Giraldus de Barri, Welsh ecclesiastic and historian (1147 - 1222) Eustathius, Greek archbishop of Thessalonica and classical commentator (? - 1198) READ QUOTES (1) Walter Map (Mapes), English poet, wit, ecclesiastic and writer (1150? - 1208?) Philippe de Lille Gaultier (Gautier) ("D. Chatillon"), French poet (? - 1201) READ QUOTES (1) Pons Capdueil, Provencal troubadour (fl. 1190) Richard I ("Coeur de Lion"), English king (1157 - 1199) Athir I'bul, Arabian historian (1160 - 1134) Innocent III, Lothario Conti, Roman pope (1161 - 1216) Walter von der Vogelweide, German minnesinger and lyric poet (c. 1168 - 1230) READ QUOTES (2) Dominic (Domingo de Guzman), Spanish founder of Dominican order and saint (c. 1170 -1221) READ QUOTES (1) Hartmann von Aue, German minnesinger (c. 1170 - 1215) Gautier de Coinci, French writer, trouvere (poet) and monk (1177? - 1236) Franciscus Accursius, Italian jurist (1182 - 1260) Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian religious leader (1182 - 1226) READ QUOTES (8) Moslih Eddin (Muslih-un-Din) Saadi (Sadi), Persian poet (1184 - 1291) READ QUOTES (73) Blance of Castille, French queen of Louis VIII (1185? - 1252) Tommaso di Celano (Thomas of Celano), Italian Franciscan, poet, and hagiographical writer (c. 1185 - c. 1255) READ QUOTES (1) Louis IX ("le Lion"), French king (1187 - 1226) Saint Anthony of Padua, Portuguese-Italian Franciscan monk (1195 - 1231) Saint Thibaut de Marly (Theobald of Marly), French abbot (? - 1247) Dogen, Japanese religious leader (1200 - 1253) READ QUOTES (2) Roger Bacon, English philosopher, scientist and friar (c. 1214 - 1292) READ QUOTES (2) Vincent de Beauvais (Bellovacensis), French Dominican friar (? - 1264?) Guillaume de Lorris, French author (fl. 1250) Henry de Bracton (Bratton or Bretton), English ecclesiastic and jurist (? - 1268) READ QUOTES (1) Nicola Pisano, Italian sculptor (1220 - 1284) Saint Bonaventura, Italian theologian (1221 - 1274) READ QUOTES (2) Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian and philosopher (1225 - 1274) READ QUOTES (10) CHECK READING LIST (1) John of Fornsete, English monk (13th century) READ QUOTES (1) Neidhart von Neuenthal ("Nithen" or "Nithart"), German minnesinger and lyric poet (13th century) READ QUOTES (1) Pope Boniface VIII, Italian Catholic Pope (1235 - 1303) READ QUOTES (2) Robert of Gloucester, English chronicler (fl. in 1270) READ QUOTES (1) Abraham Abulafia, Spanish Jewish rabbi and Cabbalist (1240 - c. 1292) READ QUOTES (1) Giovanni Cimabue, Florentine (Italian) painter and mosaicist (c. 1240 - 1302) Guido Guinicelli, Italian poet (c. 1240 - c. 1276) Eleanor of Castile, English queen (1244? - 1290) Frere Lorens, French moralist (fl. 1279) Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor, painter and architect (1245 - 1314) da Todi Jacopone (Jacobus de Benedictus), Italian monk and poet (died c. 1306) READ QUOTES (2) Peter Langtoft, English rhyming chronicler (? - 1307?) Johann Echkart (Meister Eckhart), German Christian mystic (c. 1260 - 1327) READ QUOTES (5) Freire Denise Cordelier (c. 1300) READ QUOTES (1) Dante ("Dante Alighieri"), Italian epic poet (1265 - 1321) READ QUOTES (61) CHECK READING LIST (3) Giotto, Florentine (Italian) painter (1266? - 1377) Robert Mannyng (Robert de Brunne), English poet and Gilbertine monk (fl. 1288 - 1338) Sir William Wallace, Scottish patriot (1272? - 1305) Adam Davy (Davie), English rimester (fl. 1308) Walter Reynolds (Reginald, Raynold, Reynel), English archbishop of Canterbury (? - 1327) READ QUOTES (1) Thomas of Malmesbury, English medieval monk and historian (c. 1300) Don Juan Manuel, Prince of Castile, Spanish prince, military leader, politician, statesman and writer (1282 - 1349) READ QUOTES (3) Yoshida Kenko, Japanese Buddhist monk, poet and essayist (1283 - 1350) Hendying (fl. c. 1320) READ QUOTES (1) William of Occam, English Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1285 - 1349) READ QUOTES (2) Richard Aungervyle (Aungerville) (a/k/a Richard de Bury), English learned prelate and collector of books (1287 - 1345) Symon Simeonis, Irish Franciscan and traveler (fl. 1322) Louis X ("The Quarreler"), French king (1289 - 1316) Richard Rolle de Hampole, English priest, writer and poet (c. 1290 - 1349) READ QUOTES (1) Johannes Tauler (John Tauler) ("The Illuminated Doctor"), German mistic and preacher (1290? - 1361) READ QUOTES (1)
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