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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Hans Waldmann era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Maltepe era Late Middle Ages
Bernardine of Siena era Late Middle Ages
Duchy of Zator era Late Middle Ages
Komture historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Komtur
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine era Late Middle Ages
Joseon navy historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Lambert van Eyck historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre era Late Middle Ages
John I, Duke of Bourbon era Late Middle Ages
Margaret of Bavaria era Late Middle Ages
John I, Duke of Lorraine era Late Middle Ages
Signoria of Florence historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Northern Low Countries historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Gruffydd Fychan II era Late Middle Ages
Principality of Wales historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Siege of Grandson historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Battle of Morat historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Battle of Bryn Glas historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Battle of Kutná Hora era Late Middle Ages
Nerio II Acciaioli era Late Middle Ages
Louis, Duke of Guyenne era Late Middle Ages
John era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
Duchy of Wrocław era Late Middle Ages
Jeronym Pražský historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Louis of Burgundy era Late Middle Ages
Duchy of Greater Poland era Late Middle Ages
Maud de Fiennes era Late Middle Ages
John Wiclef era Late Middle Ages
John Henry of Moravia historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Constance Holland era Late Middle Ages
Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Constantine of Kostenets era Late Middle Ages
Ludwik I the Fair era Late Middle Ages
John I Albert as King of Poland era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: John I Albert
Thomas Courtenay era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Thomas Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon
Marguerite de Orléans era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Marguerite d'Orléans
Battle of Tannach era Late Middle Ages
Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria era Late Middle Ages
María de Padilla historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages