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

Notes