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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River Wantsum (former channel) historicalPeriodOfImportance Middle Ages
subject surface form: River Wantsum
The Eve of St. Agnes settingTime Middle Ages
Tongeren hasCityRightsSince Middle Ages
County of Wertheim historicalEra Middle Ages
Constantinople (probable) era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Constantinople
historic Old Town historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: historic Old Town of Lublin
Krakowska Gate inception Middle Ages
Quai de l’Horloge inception Middle Ages
Spremberg hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages
Ponte Azzone Visconti era Middle Ages
Muladíes historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Dialogues with a Persian period Middle Ages
Dauphin timePeriod Middle Ages
Custom of Paris historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Tudela historicalEra Middle Ages
Richmond Castle usedDuring Middle Ages
Spoleto historicalEra Middle Ages
Unified Silla era Middle Ages
Imola hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Walramian line historicalEra Middle Ages
Monnow Bridge usedDuring Middle Ages
Irish minuscule developedInPeriod Middle Ages
Lion of Brabant historicalPeriod Middle Ages
County of Valois timePeriod Middle Ages
ruins of Saint Bertin Abbey era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Ruins of Saint Bertin Abbey
Iacomus historicalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
Lądek-Zdrój hasSpaTraditionSince Middle Ages
Elisabeta usedSinceCentury Middle Ages
Autokrator timePeriod Middle Ages
Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal inception Middle Ages
subject surface form: Oudezijds Achterburgwal
County of Hohenlohe historicalEra Middle Ages
Hob usagePeriod Middle Ages
Magdeburg wasMajorTradingCenterIn Middle Ages
Duke of Bourbon historicalPeriod Middle Ages
St. Michael Chapel era Middle Ages