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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hejnał mariacki traditionSince Middle Ages
Šariš historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Dún Dá Lethglas usedAsNameUntil Middle Ages
Book 7 literaryPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Book 7 (Confessio Amantis)
Nuh I historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Alt-Berlin locatedInTime Middle Ages
Caligula A.ix historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Ban of Croatia historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Mereseburg Cathedral era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Merseburg Cathedral
Agnes of Rheinfelden timePeriod Middle Ages
Rātslaukums (Town Hall Square) inception Middle Ages
subject surface form: Rātslaukums
Vecrīga historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Bondeno di Roncore timePeriod Middle Ages
city of Posen historicalPeriodOfImportance Middle Ages
subject surface form: Posen
Cathar castle of Lastours era Middle Ages
Battle of Kleidion era Middle Ages
Curfew Tower era Middle Ages
St. Steven’s Church era Middle Ages
Antvorskov Castle era Middle Ages
Petrikirche historicalPeriod Middle Ages
North Gate usedDuringPeriod Middle Ages
South Gate locatedInTime Middle Ages
subject surface form: South Gate (Oxford)
Lord of Leinster historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Byzantine culture timePeriod Middle Ages
Pietrarossa Castle era Middle Ages
King’s Gate inception Middle Ages
Liptó County timePeriod Middle Ages
Cölln town hall locatedInTime Middle Ages
Old Town of Basel historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Giselbert timePeriodOfUse Middle Ages
Order of Aviz historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Tucker (anglicized form of Tucher) hasHistoricalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Tucker
West Gate locatedInTimePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: West Gate, Oxford
Buitenkerk era Middle Ages
Pyatnitskaya Tower era Middle Ages
Irish penny period Middle Ages
lion of Saint Mark timePeriodOfProminence Middle Ages
subject surface form: Lion of Saint Mark
Velikaya River usedSince Middle Ages