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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Tornike Eristavi era Middle Ages
Genoese lira timePeriod Middle Ages
Doge of Genoa temporalCoverage Middle Ages
Elbing significantPeriod Middle Ages
Saint Curig timePeriod Middle Ages
Parkar hasHistoricalConnectionTo Middle Ages
this entity surface form: medieval England
Corona Ferrea timePeriod Middle Ages
Raymonda settingPeriod Middle Ages
Grumentum abandonedInCentury Middle Ages
Toruń City Hall significantPeriod Middle Ages
King of Galicia hasTimePeriod Middle Ages
Lord of Biscay inception Middle Ages
Semmering Pass usedSince Middle Ages
Tamiat usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Wagria historicalPeriod Middle Ages
County of Leiningen historicalEra Middle Ages
Desht-i Kipchak historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Rex Siciliae usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Grabar timePeriod Middle Ages
Regen hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages
Gate of Rhegion historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Turnor originPeriod Middle Ages
Yevanic timePeriod Middle Ages
Tokaj knownSince Middle Ages
Copertino hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
County of Isenburg existedIn Middle Ages
Ruthin historicalPeriodSignificant Middle Ages
Finnish folklore timePeriod Middle Ages
Hocktide historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Luts’k historicalEra Middle Ages
Wienhausen historicalEraOfAbbey Middle Ages
Marjorie usedSinceCentury Middle Ages
Castel Fiorentino era Middle Ages
Ghibellines activeIn Middle Ages
Bishopric of Dormagen existedIn Middle Ages