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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Marmashen Monastery timePeriod Middle Ages
Countess of Gloucester timePeriod Middle Ages
John the Iberian historicalPeriod Middle Ages
County of Flanders era Middle Ages
Prinzipalmarkt significantPeriod Middle Ages
Stapeldon Hall era Middle Ages
Classical antiquity followedBy Middle Ages
Surami constructionPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Surami Fortress
Kvishkheti churches era Middle Ages
Nuskhuri script historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir timePeriod Middle Ages
Nubian Church timePeriod Middle Ages
Figline Valdarno historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Italian states existedDuring Middle Ages
Moniz family historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Pitareti Monastery foundedInPeriod Middle Ages
Ruthenia usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Kalisz Land usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Old Town of Cáceres notablePeriod Middle Ages
Dauphiné historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Schelklingen hasCityRightsSince Middle Ages
Tienen hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
London Steelyard historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Hanseatic law developedIn Middle Ages
Hanseatic Diet timePeriod Middle Ages
Pietro Farnese (medieval ancestor) timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Pietro Farnese
Aquisgranum usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Cambrésis historicalEra Middle Ages
historical province of Cambrésis historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Cambrésis
Upper Ossory existedDuring Middle Ages
Upper Ossory in present-day County Laois historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Upper Ossory
Jazira timePeriod Middle Ages
County of Hanau timePeriod Middle Ages
Rex Romanorum timePeriod Middle Ages