Late Middle Ages

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The Late Middle Ages was the final phase of medieval European history, marked by social upheaval, the Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War, and the transition toward the Renaissance.

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Late Middle Ages canonical 804
late Middle Ages 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
phase of Middle Ages
continent Europe
country various European states
endTime c. 1500
follows High Middle Ages
hasCharacteristic changes in agricultural practices
crisis of medieval institutions
cultural innovation
decline of papal authority
demographic decline
development of banking and credit
economic contraction in many regions
emergence of early Renaissance humanism
expansion of European maritime exploration
growth of courtly culture
growth of literacy
increased contact with the Islamic world
increasing use of vernacular languages
intensification of class conflict
military transformation
political instability
religious conflict
rise of powerful territorial states
shifts in landholding patterns
widespread social upheaval
hasMajorEvent Albigensian Crusade
Avignon Papacy
Avignon Papacy
surface form: Avignon residency of the papacy

Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Crécy
Battle of Grunwald
Battle of Kosovo 1389
Battle of Nicopolis
Battle of Crécy
surface form: Battle of Poitiers

Battle of Varna
Black Death
Burgundian Wars
Ciompi Revolt
Council of Basel
Council of Constance
Council of Florence
Council of Pisa
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD
surface form: Fall of Constantinople

Reconquista
surface form: Fall of Granada

Great Famine of 1315–1317
Western Schism
surface form: Great Schism

Hundred Years' War
Hussite movement
surface form: Hussite Wars

Jacquerie
Jewish expulsions from Western European kingdoms
Ottoman expansion into the Balkans
Peasants' Revolt of 1381
Age of Exploration
surface form: Portuguese Age of Discovery

Reconquista
Wars of the Roses
Western Schism
centralization of royal administrations
codification of customary law
construction of Gothic cathedrals
crisis of the feudal system
decline of chivalric warfare
decline of knightly cavalry dominance
development of early Renaissance art
development of late Gothic architecture
development of longbow tactics
early witch persecutions
expansion of trade networks
fall of the Byzantine Empire
growth of merchant capitalism
growth of towns and cities
growth of universities in Europe
introduction of gunpowder weapons in Europe
invention of the printing press
mystical religious movements
papal–imperial conflicts
persecution of heretical movements
plague outbreaks in Europe
religious dissent
rise of Muscovy
rise of guilds
rise of humanism
rise of national identities in Europe
rise of powerful monarchies in Western Europe
rise of standing armies
rise of the Hanseatic League
rise of the Ottoman Empire
rise of the Swiss Confederacy
scholastic philosophy
social unrest among peasants
spread of the bubonic plague
spread of vernacular literature
transition toward the Renaissance
transition toward the early modern period
union of Poland and Lithuania
urban revolts in Flanders
voyages of Henry the Navigator
partOf Middle Ages
startTime c. 1300

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Battle of Adrianople (1365) era Late Middle Ages
Agnes Mortimer era Late Middle Ages
Margaret Mortimer era Late Middle Ages
Joan Mortimer era Late Middle Ages
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus era Late Middle Ages
Andrew III of Hungary era Late Middle Ages
Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra era Late Middle Ages
Edmund, Earl of Rutland era Late Middle Ages
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford era Late Middle Ages
Queen Margaret of Anjou era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Margaret of Anjou
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset era Late Middle Ages
3rd Earl of Douglas era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
Palm Sunday Field era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Hexham era Late Middle Ages
Jean de Béthencourt era Late Middle Ages
Jean I, Count of Armagnac era Late Middle Ages
Anne de Mortimer era Late Middle Ages
Beylik of Aydın era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Maupertuis era Late Middle Ages
Sten Sture the Elder era Late Middle Ages
Elizabeth of Luxembourg era Late Middle Ages
Michele di Lando era Late Middle Ages
Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Ralph of Shrewsbury
Battle of Blore Heath era Late Middle Ages
Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza era Late Middle Ages
Charles Martel of Anjou era Late Middle Ages
William Neville, Earl of Kent era Late Middle Ages
Albert V, Duke of Austria era Late Middle Ages
Anne of Burgundy era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Verneuil era Late Middle Ages
Louis III of Anjou era Late Middle Ages
Coronation of Henry VII of England era Late Middle Ages
Nils Bosson Sture era Late Middle Ages
Louis II of Anjou era Late Middle Ages
King Vukašin Mrnjavčević era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Gallipoli (1354) era Late Middle Ages
Arnolfo di Cambio era Late Middle Ages
John Thornton of Coventry era Late Middle Ages
John de Dunbar era Late Middle Ages
James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton era Late Middle Ages
Bohemond VII of Tripoli era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Jargeau era Late Middle Ages
Treaty of Redon (1489) era Late Middle Ages
Bonne era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Bonne of Berry
John of Savoy, Bishop of Geneva era Late Middle Ages
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury era Late Middle Ages