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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Óbuda historicalEraOfSignificance Middle Ages
Lord of Baux historicalEra Middle Ages
Les Baux family locatedInTime Middle Ages
lords of Les Baux locatedInTimePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Lords of Les Baux
Count of Chalon timePeriod Middle Ages
Arlay historicalPeriodOfImportance Middle Ages
Lordship of Arlay historicalEra Middle Ages
AM 748 I 4to originatesFrom Middle Ages
Bagrat I of Imereti era Middle Ages
Duchess of Brittany usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Puerta de Jerez inception Middle Ages
Ortona hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
hraban historicalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Hraban
Swiss nobility historicalPeriod Middle Ages
golden helmet of Skanderbeg timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Golden Helmet of Skanderbeg
Constantia de Born timePeriod Middle Ages
Battle of Chmielnik timePeriod Middle Ages
Peter von Aspelt era Middle Ages
Clan Maxwell timePeriod Middle Ages
County of Namur locatedInTime Middle Ages
Sigurðarkviða timeOfOrigin Middle Ages
Bertrand de Got era Middle Ages
Battle of Lucocisterna timePeriod Middle Ages
Evangelist timePeriodOfUse Middle Ages
Euphrosyne era Middle Ages
Albergheria historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Bettona historicalPeriod Middle Ages
chains of Navarre timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Chains of Navarre
Bulgaroktonos timePeriodOfUse Middle Ages
Mecklenburg-Schwerin historicalEra Middle Ages
Principality of Kiev era Middle Ages
Church of the King hasPeriod Middle Ages
Piasts of Pomerania timePeriod Middle Ages
Vetralla hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages