Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

1100:

• Rabbeinu Tam (died 1171), Hebrew rabbi and liturgical poet, in France
• Geoffrey of Monmouth (died 1155), Welsh cleric whose Latin writings include early versions of the Merlin (King Arthur) epic

1103:

• Yue Fei (died 1142), Chinese Song dynasty poet

1105:

• Basava (died 1167), Indian Kannada language Vachana sahitya poet

1106:

• Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi (died 1166), Turkish poet
• Minamoto no Yorimasa (died 1180), Japanese poet

1107:

• June 12 – Emperor Gaozong of Song (died 1187) Chinese poet
• Falaki Shirvani (died 1157), Persian poet

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1101:

• Su Shi (born 1037), Song dynasty writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, and statesman

• Poetry
• 12th century in poetry
• 12th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

• Other events of the 12th century
• Other events of the 13th century

12th century:

• 12th century in poetry
• 12th century in literature