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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Nieuport hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Ath historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Untermarkt historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Untermarkt (Görlitz)
Edward of Scotland timePeriod Middle Ages
King of the Romans timePeriod Middle Ages
Queen of Spain inception Middle Ages
Saint-Julien inception Middle Ages
this entity surface form: Middle Ages (approximate)
Reichenbacher Turm era Middle Ages
St Mary Overie historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Grosseto hasHistoricPeriodOfGrowth Middle Ages
Cuéllar hasHistoricPeriod Middle Ages
Bond hasHistoricalUsageSince Middle Ages
Zeta historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Annabella Stewart timePeriod Middle Ages
Empire of Nicaea era Middle Ages
Tarrant Crawford Abbey era Middle Ages
The Wexford Carol historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Mary of Menteith historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Occitania historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Comminges historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Piazza del Duomo significantPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
Egidia Stewart era Middle Ages
Strängnäs hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Luna eventuallyAbandoned Middle Ages
Infanta of Spain usedSinceCentury Middle Ages
King Lalibela historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Zagwe dynasty era Middle Ages
Poznań Land historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Gistelworde usedInHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Neuss historicalEra Middle Ages
Aragonese Castle historicalEra Middle Ages
Champagne province historicalEra Middle Ages
subject surface form: Champagne (province)
King Haakon V of Norway era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Haakon V of Norway
Piazza della Frutta timeOfOrigin Middle Ages
Gorinchem foundingPeriod Middle Ages
Bishopric of Heinsberg timePeriod Middle Ages
Schaffhausen foundingPeriod Middle Ages
High Sheriff of Cornwall inception Middle Ages
Andernach hasCityRightSince Middle Ages
High Sheriff of Devon inception Middle Ages
Count of Artois historicalPeriod Middle Ages