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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Ormond historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Pere Balaguer era Middle Ages
Anna of Byzantium timePeriod Middle Ages
Pereyaslava Danylivna timePeriod Middle Ages
Cross of Christ historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Moy Castle era Middle Ages
Treaty of Olney timePeriod Middle Ages
Canossa timePeriod Middle Ages
this entity surface form: Middle Ages (historical prominence)
Dali Kingdom era Middle Ages
Falben historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Kun activeInPeriod Middle Ages
Comani timePeriod Middle Ages
Priory of Sion portrayedAsFoundedIn Middle Ages
this entity surface form: Middle Ages (fictional depiction)
Piast eagle historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Gloria laus et honor timePeriod Middle Ages
Aros Castle builtInPeriod Middle Ages
Principality of Salerno timePeriod Middle Ages
Christendom hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
House of Drăculești timePeriod Middle Ages
House of Dănești locatedInTime Middle Ages
Battle of Posada timePeriod Middle Ages
Wallachian ducat usedDuring Middle Ages
Siege of Dorostolon era Middle Ages
Walser houses associatedWithPeriod Middle Ages
Hôtel-Dieu de Tonnerre era Middle Ages
Inowrocław grantedTownRights Middle Ages
Trani hasHistoricPeriod Middle Ages
Jenne historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Civita di Bagnoregio historicalEra Middle Ages
Tuscia hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Esch-sur-Sûre hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Nivelles hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Trastámara historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Collège de Beauvais inception Middle Ages
Collège de Beauvais era Middle Ages
House of Stolberg historicalEra Middle Ages
Sciarra Colonna (representing the Roman people) era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Sciarra Colonna
Alcalde associatedWithPeriod Middle Ages
Ferrara Cathedral hasStylePeriod Middle Ages