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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Swedish nobility historicalPeriod Middle Ages
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Ingeborg usedSince Middle Ages
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Assen foundingPeriod Middle Ages
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Medinaceli hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
House of MacDuff timePeriod Middle Ages
Loches wasFortifiedIn Middle Ages
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Nieuwendijk hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Goes timePeriod Middle Ages
Otto hasPopularityPeriod Middle Ages
Clackmannan Tower era Middle Ages
Anders hasHistoricalUsageSince Middle Ages
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews (adjacent site) exhibitionPeriodStart Middle Ages
subject surface form: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Samuel of Bulgaria era Middle Ages
Clan MacDuff historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Viscount of Anjou historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Danish people ethnogenesisPeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Tholen timePeriod Middle Ages
Kismet setInCentury Middle Ages
subject surface form: Kismet (1955 film)
church ruins at Cullingsburgh era Middle Ages
Richard Badew locatedInTime Middle Ages
rue Saint-Jacques inTimePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Rue Saint-Jacques
Lippe historicalEra Middle Ages
La Sarraz, Switzerland hasHistoricPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: La Sarraz
Jenkins originPeriod Middle Ages
Adelsö Church hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
this entity surface form: Middle Ages in Sweden
Faras flourishedInPeriod Middle Ages
Urbino hasCityStatusSince Middle Ages
Thomas de Brus activeInPeriod Middle Ages
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Old Norse literature timePeriod Middle Ages
Mongol Empire era Middle Ages
Duchy of Jülich timePeriod Middle Ages