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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Sala de Contratación era Late Middle Ages
this entity surface form: late Middle Ages
Consulado del Mar historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Moravian Diet historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
this entity surface form: late Middle Ages
Rupert, King of Germany era Late Middle Ages
Wenzel IV. era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
Duke of Silesia usedIn Late Middle Ages
Clement VII era Late Middle Ages
John XXIII (antipope) era Late Middle Ages
Anne of Brittany era Late Middle Ages
Jobst of Moravia era Late Middle Ages
Winrich von Kniprode era Late Middle Ages
House of Dănești historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Sciarra Colonna (representing the Roman people) era Late Middle Ages
subject surface form: Sciarra Colonna
Piasts of Łęczyca historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Anne of Bohemia and Luxembourg era Late Middle Ages
Mamayi historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Dutch Gothic developedInPeriod Late Middle Ages
House of Timur historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Sir Robert Morley timePeriod Late Middle Ages
Louis I, Duke of Orléans era Late Middle Ages
Piasts of Płock historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Violante Visconti era Late Middle Ages
Anne Mortimer era Late Middle Ages
Ulus of Jochi historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster era Late Middle Ages
Lordship of Arlay historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Joan of Navarre era Late Middle Ages
Polish principalities locatedInTime Late Middle Ages
Gajapati dynasty historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Bruce dynasty historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Solms-Braunfels historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Joan of Kent era Late Middle Ages
Late Gothic developedInPeriod Late Middle Ages
this entity surface form: late Middle Ages
King of Ruthenia era Late Middle Ages
Brancaleone Doria historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
Battle of Homildon Hill historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
von Tucher historicalEra Late Middle Ages
Master of the Order of Aviz timePeriod Late Middle Ages
John the Good era Late Middle Ages
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Rovine era Late Middle Ages
Battle of Aljubarrota era Late Middle Ages
Pierre Roger de Beaufort era Late Middle Ages
Middle Low Saxon era Late Middle Ages
Treaty of Birgham historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages