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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Emilia historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Unterwalden timePeriod Middle Ages
Jerichow hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages
Saint Cyriacus cultDevelopedIn Middle Ages
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor era Middle Ages
Ross family timePeriod Middle Ages
Magnum Concilium usedInPeriod Middle Ages
House of Montmorency timePeriod Middle Ages
Principality of Hungary era Middle Ages
Domplein Utrecht historicalPeriod Middle Ages
County of Guelders timePeriod Middle Ages
Coronation Hall historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Coronation Hall (Aachen)
the Moray family timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Moray family
Aulay historicalPeriodOfCommonUse Middle Ages
Old Norse name Áleifr timePeriodOfUse Middle Ages
subject surface form: Áleifr
Old Norse name Óláfr commonInPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Óláfr
Lord of Galloway historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Douglas coat of arms timePeriod Middle Ages
Walden Abbey era Middle Ages
Percy family historicalEra Middle Ages
Petralia Sottana hasHistoricPeriod Middle Ages
Polonnaruwa Kingdom era Middle Ages
cross pattée hasUsagePeriod Middle Ages
Gemer historicalPeriodOfImportance Middle Ages
Abov historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Barbican locatedInTime Middle Ages
subject surface form: Barbican (Banská Bystrica)
Gwalchmei timePeriodOfOrigin Middle Ages
Walewein timePeriod Middle Ages
Philippa era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Philippa of Hainault
Blanche of the Tower era Middle Ages
Reichsadler historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Audley family historicalPeriod Middle Ages
William I, Count of Hainaut era Middle Ages
the Black Knight literaryPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: the Black Knight (The Book of the Duchess)
Taifa of Murcia timePeriod Middle Ages
Lorca historicalPeriod Middle Ages