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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Kuyavia hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
County of Nassau-Dillenburg era Middle Ages
Luise hasHistoricalUsageSince Middle Ages
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Kingdom of Hungary historicalEra Middle Ages
Prince of Scotland usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Prince of Scotland inception Middle Ages
Iranian peoples timePeriod Middle Ages
Gaelic Ireland timePeriod Middle Ages
Hanseatic League (historical) historicalEra Middle Ages
subject surface form: Hanseatic League
Piazza Duomo, Trento eraOfOrigin Middle Ages
Coudenberg eraOfMajorDevelopment Middle Ages
Republic of Genoa historicalEra Middle Ages
Classical Armenian timePeriod Middle Ages
Kingdom of Galicia historicalEra Middle Ages
Morea historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Digenis Akritas timePeriod Middle Ages
Richelieu Wing hasCollectionPeriod Middle Ages
Scetes declinePeriod Middle Ages
Republic of Florence locatedInTime Middle Ages
Gregory usedSinceCentury Middle Ages
Low Countries historicalEra Middle Ages
Scottish clans historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Palatine lion timePeriod Middle Ages
Rue Mouffetard historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Owen hasHistoricalUsageSince Middle Ages
Bragan Rite developedIn Middle Ages
Astorga historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Carmelite Rite timePeriod Middle Ages
County of Roussillon historicalEra Middle Ages
Duke of Brittany partOf Middle Ages
this entity surface form: medieval France
Vivarais historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Lordship of Biscay timePeriod Middle Ages