1210 – 1220s

Events in the 1210s 5

• 1138 – 1215 Guiraut de Bornelh Occitan troubadour Guiraut de Bornelh was a highly regarded troubadour known for both trobar clus (complex style) and trobar leu (plain style). His contemporary peers considered him master of the troubadours.
• 1150 – 1210 Arnaut Daniel Occitan troubadour and inventor of the sestina Arnaut Daniel was an innovative Occitan troubadour credited with inventing the sestina form. Dante praised him as the greatest craftsman of the vernacular lyric.
• 1160 – 1210 Moniot d'Arras French trouvère Moniot d'Arras was a 13th-century trouvère from Arras whose chansons display elegant melodic craftsmanship typical of the northern French courtly tradition.
• 1215 – 1270 Franco of Cologne German music theorist Franco of Cologne was a 13th-century music theorist whose Ars cantus mensurabilis established the system of mensural notation that became standard throughout medieval Europe.
• 1219 – 1221 Mongol invasion of Persia Genghis Khan razes the great Persian cities The Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan from 1219 was one of the most destructive episodes in Persian history, with major cities razed and populations massacred. Iran later became the centre of the Ilkhanate, a Mongol successor state whose rulers eventually adopted Islam and Persian culture.