1170s

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Events and trends

• 1170 — Thomas à Becket assassinated.
• 1171 — Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate, restoring Sunni rule in Egypt.
• 1179 — Third Council of the Lateran condemns Waldensians and Cathars as heretics; reformation of clerical life.

Significant people

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