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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Yotvingians timePeriod Middle Ages
Natangians timePeriod Middle Ages
Bartians timePeriod Middle Ages
Pogesanians timePeriod Middle Ages
Warmians timePeriod Middle Ages
Nadruvians timePeriod Middle Ages
Edmund de Burgh timePeriod Middle Ages
Countess of Bar usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Madytos hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Walter V of Brienne era Middle Ages
Duchy of Auvergne presentIn Middle Ages
Cáceres historicalPeriodProminent Middle Ages
dromon operatedInPeriod Middle Ages
Opole Piasts historicalEra Middle Ages
Bytom Piasts historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Battle of Teba timePeriod Middle Ages
Book I literaryPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Book I (Vox Clamantis)
Book II literaryPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Book II (Vox Clamantis)
Book V literaryPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Book V (Vox Clamantis)
Speculum Hominis literaryPeriod Middle Ages
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Mirror of Man period Middle Ages
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