1140s
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s |
| Years: | 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1140s decade ran from January 1, 1140, to December 31, 1149.
[edit] Events and trends
- 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
- 1142—Emperor Konoe ascends to the throne of Japan
- 1143—Celestine II elected pope, Alphonse VII The King of Leon and Castille recognises Portugal as an independent Kingdom and Alphonse I of Portugal as it's King through the Treaty of Zamora
- 1144—Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II
- 1146—Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vézelay, Burgundy
- 1145–1147—Second Crusade—Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims
- 1148—The Alexiad is written by the Byzantine historian Anna Komnene, daughter of Alexius I.
