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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Volterra heritagePeriod Middle Ages
Nyköping Castle historicalEra Middle Ages
Sutton usedSince Middle Ages
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Kalundborg hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Venlo timePeriod Middle Ages
Perugia historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Wido hasHistoricalUsageSince Middle Ages
Neuss hasCityRightsSince Middle Ages
Countess of Boulogne timePeriod Middle Ages
White Castle era Middle Ages
County of Zutphen timePeriod Middle Ages
Richard de Montfort timePeriod Middle Ages
Ragusa (Dubrovnik) historicalEra Middle Ages
Iberian kingdoms timePeriod Middle Ages
arms of Bohemia periodOfUse Middle Ages
Graf historicalPeriodOfUse Middle Ages
Bishopric of Aachen historicalEra Middle Ages
Subiaco hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Rammelsberg mountain miningActivitySinceCentury Middle Ages
subject surface form: Rammelsberg
French livre timePeriod Middle Ages
Angoumois timePeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Heerlen existedIn Middle Ages
Duchess of Saxony inception Middle Ages
Grassmarket timePeriodOfOrigin Middle Ages
Lordship of Mann timePeriod Middle Ages
Velletri hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy era Middle Ages
Battle of Manzikert era Middle Ages
Kraków Voivodeship timePeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Jülich timePeriod Middle Ages
Harald historicalUsage Middle Ages
Powisle historicalEra Middle Ages
Nursia historicalPeriod Middle Ages
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St Oran’s Chapel era Middle Ages
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