Editing Timeline of Jewish history (section)

===12th century===
;1100–1275: Time of the ''tosafot'', Talmudic commentators who carried on [[Rashi]]'s work. They include some of his descendants.

;1107: Moroccan [[Almoravid]] ruler [[Yusuf ibn Tashfin]] expels Moroccan Jews who do not convert to Islam.

;1135–1204: Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, aka [[Maimonides]] or the [[Rambam]] is the leading rabbi of [[Sephardi]]c Jewry. Among his many accomplishments, he writes one of the most influential codes of law (The [[Mishneh Torah]]) in Jewish History as well as, in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], many philosophical works including the ([[Guide for the Perplexed]]).

;1141: [[Yehuda Halevi]] issues a call to the Jews to emigrate to Palestine. He is buried in Jerusalem.

;1150–1230: The [[Almohads]] conquer southern Spain and the Magrheb. As they do not regocnise the typical dhimmi status of Jews and Christians, they often force them to chose between conversion and death. They also reintroduce the ''shikla'' and force the converted Jews to also wear differentiating clothing as they do not trust their sincerity. [[Maimonides#Biography|Maimonides]] leaves Cordoba around 1160.<ref name="Taieb-Carlen">{{cite book |last1=Taieb-Carlen |first1=Sarah |title=The Jews of North Africa: From Dido to De Gaulle |date=23 February 2010 |publisher=University Press of America |isbn=978-0-7618-5044-1 |pages=29–31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9txi3xuuENcC |access-date=2 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roth |first1=Norman |title=Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia |date=8 April 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77155-2 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8edQAwAAQBAJ |access-date=4 October 2024 |language=en |chapter=Almohads}}</ref>

;1176: [[Maimonides]] completed his Introduction to the ''[[Mishneh Torah]]''.

;1187: Upon the capture of Jerusalem, Saladin summons the Jews and permits them to resettle in the city.<ref>Scharfstein and Gelabert, 1997, p. 145.</ref> In particular, the residents of Ashkelon, a large Jewish settlement, respond to his request.<ref>Rossoff, 2001, p. 6.</ref>

;1189: [[Jacob of Orléans]] slain in antisemitic riots that swept through London during the coronation of [[King Richard I]]. The king later punished the perpetrators of the crime.

;1190: 150 Jews of York, England, killed in a [[pogrom]], known as the ''[[York Massacre]]''.