Middle Ages

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The Middle Ages was a period of European history from roughly the 5th to the late 15th century, marked by feudalism, the rise of Christianity, and the formation of many modern European cultures and languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of European history
historical period
alsoKnownAs medieval era
medieval period
characterizedBy Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
castle building
chivalry
crusades
decentralized political authority
development of vernacular languages
feudalism
formation of European nations
growth of the Catholic Church
guild system
manorialism
monasticism
rise of Christianity
scholasticism
dominantReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Roman Catholicism
endTime late 15th century
fieldOfStudy medieval studies
followedBy Early modern period
Renaissance
follows Classical antiquity
Western Roman Empire
hasPart Middle Ages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Early Middle Ages

High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
hasTheme codification of customary law
conflict between secular and ecclesiastical power
development of canon law
formation of national monarchies
growth of towns and trade
rural agrarian economy
spread of Latin Christendom
includesCulture Byzantine Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Islamic Spain
Kingdom of England
France
surface form: Kingdom of France
includesEvent Avignon Papacy
Black Death
Carolingian Renaissance
Christianization of Europe
Reconquista
surface form: Crusades

East–West Schism
surface form: Great Schism of 1054

Hundred Years' War
Investiture Controversy
Mongol invasions of Europe
Reconquista
Viking Age
rise of universities
mainLocation Europe
majorLanguageFamily Germanic languages
Romance languages
Slavic languages
precededByEvent fall of the Western Roman Empire
startTime 5th century

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Garisenda Tower era Middle Ages
Ösel usedDuringPeriod Middle Ages
Fotheringhay Castle era Middle Ages
Castelo de Vide historicPeriod Middle Ages
Medieval Lives subject Middle Ages
Oristano hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Vyatka historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Montbrison, Loire, France hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages
subject surface form: Montbrison
Tomb of Edward II historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Friar Tuck timePeriod Middle Ages
this entity surface form: Middle Ages (legendary setting)
Kingdom of Hereti timePeriod Middle Ages
Tuscan dialect timePeriod Middle Ages
Dutch people ethnogenesisPeriod Middle Ages
Berry historicalEra Middle Ages
Hildegard usagePeriod Middle Ages
Medieval Faire theme Middle Ages
Old Frisian law codes timePeriod Middle Ages
Parlement of Paris timePeriod Middle Ages
Vegliot dialect timePeriod Middle Ages
La Dotta associatedPeriod Middle Ages
House of Anjou timePeriod Middle Ages
Guido of Arezzo era Middle Ages
Hammershus builtInPeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Brielle timePeriod Middle Ages
Comes de Fyf usedPrimarilyInPeriod Middle Ages
Regulierspoort inception Middle Ages
Greek East timePeriod Middle Ages
jeux de paume historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Jeu de paume
city gate Johannistor locatedInTime Middle Ages
subject surface form: Johannistor
Usk Castle era Middle Ages
Principality of Göttingen era Middle Ages
Sophie usedSince Middle Ages
commune of Carpentras historicPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Carpentras
Maximus usagePeriod Middle Ages
Château de Tarascon usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Bolesław usedSince Middle Ages
Inês de Castro historicalEra Middle Ages
Garding hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages