Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
1111: After Norman conquest of England, begins the rapid descent of the Anglo-Saxon language as a written literary language
Works published
Tombstone inscription of Vekenega (d. 1111), head of the Benedictine convent of St. Mary in Zadar, is written on four tablets with 20 verses (hexameters and elegiac couplets), in which an unknown poet credits Vekenega's work for the convent
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
1110: John Tzetzes (died 1180), Byzantine
1114: Fujiwara no Shunzei (died 1204), Japanese poet and nobleman
1115: Wace (died 1183), Anglo-Norman author of Roman de Brut and Roman de Rou
1118: Saigyō Hōshi (died 1190), Japan
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
Poetry
12th century in poetry
12th century in literature
List of years in poetry
Other events: Other events of the 12th century Other events of the 13th century
12th century: 12th century in poetry 12th century in literature