Maimonides born at Cordoba
1135
In the Almoravid capital of al-Andalus, a Jewish boy was born who would flee the Almohad persecution, settle in Cairo, serve as physician to Saladin's household, and write a Hebrew code of Jewish law and an Arabic Guide for the Perplexed that remain foundational texts. His philosophical reconciliation of Aristotelian reason with biblical revelation would influence Thomas Aquinas and the entire trajectory of medieval Christian theology.
In context
Also in 1135 (3 other events on record)
- Death of Henry I and the Anarchy begins · Europe · Politics
- Kamo no Chomei born · East Asia · Culture
- Almoravid empire begins to crumble · Africa · Politics
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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