1201

Events in 1201 2

• 1150 – 1201 Léonin French composer of Notre-Dame school Léonin was one of the earliest known composers of polyphonic music. Associated with Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, he composed organa that helped establish the foundations of Western polyphony.
• 1201 – 1253 Thibaut de Champagne French trouvère and King of Navarre Thibaut de Champagne was a poet-king whose trouvère songs combine courtly love themes with political allegory. He is considered one of the greatest trouvères.