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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Frank hasUsageSince Middle Ages
Woolpit timePeriodOfLegend Middle Ages
Girard historicalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
Lord of Mechelen timePeriod Middle Ages
Doctor Subtilis eraOfNotableBearer Middle Ages
Lucena yeshiva timePeriod Middle Ages
Sassi di Matera significantPeriod Middle Ages
Battle of Velbazhd era Middle Ages
Infanta of Portugal historicalUse Middle Ages
Roman the Great historicalEra Middle Ages
Guillem de Vallseca era Middle Ages
Marianus hasHistoricalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
House of Majorca historicalEra Middle Ages
King of Croatia historicalPeriod Middle Ages
John of Görlitz era Middle Ages
Earl of March historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Radulf usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Jarocin hasMunicipalStatusSince Middle Ages
Duke of Touraine periodOfUse Middle Ages
Lach (archaic Slavic term for Pole) historicalUsage Middle Ages
subject surface form: Lach
Wrocław Piasts ruledDuring Middle Ages
Isidore hasHistoricalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
Matera hasHistoricPeriod Middle Ages
St. Mary’s Church, Rostock era Middle Ages
Tour Saint-Nicolas era Middle Ages
Tour de la Chaîne era Middle Ages