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Years: 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149

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Abbot Suger rebuilds the monastery of St Denis outside Paris , seen as the initiation of the Gothic Style .

Gratian 's '' Decretals '' reinvigorate study of canon law and civil law.

1142

--- End of the reign of Emperor Sutoku , Emperor Of Japan

--- Emperor Konoe ascends to the throne of Japan

1143 Celestine II is elected pope.

1144 Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II

1146 Saint Bernard Of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay , Burgundy

. Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims