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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Mary de Bohun era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Arkinholme historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Model Parliament hasHistoricalPeriod Late Middle Ages
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Rìgh Innse Gall historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Charles of Valois era Late Middle Ages
Thomas, Lord Stanley era Late Middle Ages
William Stanley historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Donata Badoer timePeriod Late Middle Ages
Ottoman incursions historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Duke of Neopatria locatedInTimePeriod Late Middle Ages
Casimir IV Jagiellon era Late Middle Ages
Martin era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Martin I of Aragon
Maria de Luna era Late Middle Ages
Martí l'Humà era Late Middle Ages
Martín el Humano era Late Middle Ages
Mary crowned by the Trinity popularPeriod Late Middle Ages
Piasts of Oleśnica historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Merciless Parliament historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
van Egmond timePeriodOfProminence Late Middle Ages
this entity surface form: late Middle Ages
Genoese admiral Barbavera historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Barbavera
Piasts of Żagań historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Treaty of Arras (1482) historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Battle of l'Écluse historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Martin I of Sicily era Late Middle Ages
papal bull Grave nimis historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Grave nimis
Aljamiado historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
this entity surface form: late Middle Ages
Ingelram de Coucy (Enguerrand VII) era Late Middle Ages
Yolande of France era Late Middle Ages
Moghulistan historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
this entity surface form: late Middle Ages
Umar Shaikh Mirza I historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Miranshah era Late Middle Ages
Joan of France, Duchess of Bourbon era Late Middle Ages
Earl of Hereford historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
County of Tecklenburg era Late Middle Ages
Vosporo historicalEra Late Middle Ages
this entity surface form: late Middle Ages
Qara Qoyunlu historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Catherine of France era Late Middle Ages
Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg era Late Middle Ages
Diego de Deza era Late Middle Ages
Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Earl of Cambridge in 1362 historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Earl of Cambridge (1362 creation)
Great Horde historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Albert, Duke of Saxony era Late Middle Ages
Wenceslaus era Late Middle Ages
Charles, Duke of Görlitz era Late Middle Ages