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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Ambrosio Boccanegra era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Meung-sur-Loire era Late Middle Ages
Richard of Clarence era Late Middle Ages
Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac era Late Middle Ages
Grote Kerk era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Grote Kerk (Breda)
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves era Late Middle Ages
6th Earl of Douglas era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: James Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
Elizabeth of Bosnia, who acted as regent era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Elizabeth of Bosnia
Jean de Louvres era Late Middle Ages
Principality of Piombino era Late Middle Ages
Reginald I, Duke of Guelders era Late Middle Ages
Albert III, Duke of Austria era Late Middle Ages
Antonio di Vincenzo era Late Middle Ages
Hermann II, Count of Celje era Late Middle Ages
Niclas Türing the Elder era Late Middle Ages
St. Georg Church era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: St. Georg Church (Nördlingen)
Mary era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy
Yosef Albo era Late Middle Ages
Adolf, Duke of Guelders era Late Middle Ages
Charles II, Duke of Guelders era Late Middle Ages
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay era Late Middle Ages
La Hire historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles era Late Middle Ages
Sir John Fastolf era Late Middle Ages
Bernardino degli Albizzeschi era Late Middle Ages
House of Valois-Burgundy era Late Middle Ages
Catherine of Foix era Late Middle Ages
Order of the Star era Late Middle Ages
Treaty of Windsor historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Marie of Berry era Late Middle Ages
Electress of Saxony historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
David of Burgundy era Late Middle Ages
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy era Late Middle Ages
Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton era Late Middle Ages
Andrey Vasilyevich the Less era Late Middle Ages
Vijayanagara Empire royal family era Late Middle Ages
Baron Ferrers of Groby historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Second Battle of Kosovo era Late Middle Ages
Muriella Keith era Late Middle Ages
Stefan Crnojević era Late Middle Ages
Despotate of Arta era Late Middle Ages
Norman-Irish nobility historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Charles I, Duke of Savoy era Late Middle Ages
Cecilia of Scotland era Late Middle Ages
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah II era Late Middle Ages