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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High Middle Ages partOf Middle Ages
Norse sagas timePeriod Middle Ages
Piers Plowman setting Middle Ages
this entity surface form: medieval England
John Gower era Middle Ages
Bertram historicalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
History of England focusesOnPeriod Middle Ages
Alfred historicalUsage Middle Ages
this entity surface form: medieval England
Aribert historicalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
Kartli historicalEra Middle Ages
Tump Terret motte era Middle Ages
Late Antiquity followedBy Middle Ages
Apostolic Camera timePeriod Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages partOf Middle Ages
Old East Norse timePeriod Middle Ages
Church Slavonic timePeriod Middle Ages
Margaret popularInCentury Middle Ages
Glogów wasImportantInPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Głogów
Genoa historicalPeriodOfProminence Middle Ages
St. Peter of Damascus era Middle Ages
Overton (family place name) usedFromPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Overton
House of Lippe historicalEra Middle Ages
Yola language historicalPeriod Middle Ages
King of Naples historicalEra Middle Ages
Hungarian Diet historicalPeriod Middle Ages
House of Plantagenet era Middle Ages
English Army timePeriod Middle Ages
Old East Slavic era Middle Ages
Count of Anjou historicalEra Middle Ages
Glagolitic script timePeriod Middle Ages
Dante Alighieri era Middle Ages
Alba Regia timePeriod Middle Ages
Eleanor of Aquitaine era Middle Ages
Anjou historicalEra Middle Ages
Order of chivalry hasOriginPeriod Middle Ages
Latin West timePeriod Middle Ages
Earl of Fife timePeriod Middle Ages