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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Koornmarktspoort significantPeriod Middle Ages
Papal Crusade hasTemporalContext Middle Ages
Battle of Skafida timePeriod Middle Ages
Aquitaine historicalEra Middle Ages
Place Gutenberg inception Middle Ages
Koňský trh timePeriod Middle Ages
Horse Market historicalPeriodOfUse Middle Ages
subject surface form: Horse Market (Prague)
Count of Foix historicalEra Middle Ages
Lateran Hill historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Mal Grad hasPeriodOfSignificance Middle Ages
English longbow era Middle Ages
Mojmir II era Middle Ages
Maschio Angioino era Middle Ages
Cathar castles historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Cathar castle of Peyrepertuse era Middle Ages
Ameria hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Cologne mark timePeriod Middle Ages
Shrine of Saint Andrew floruit Middle Ages
Sheriff of Kent appliesDuring Middle Ages
this entity surface form: Middle Ages in England
Seneschal of Poitou usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Brunus hasHistoricalPeriodOfUse Middle Ages
Mayorga hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Canet castle historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Canet castle constructionStartTime Middle Ages
Guillaume Carle timePeriod Middle Ages
Stavoren hasCityRightsSince Middle Ages
Landgraf timePeriod Middle Ages
Burggraf historicalPeriodOfUse Middle Ages
conte historicalUsePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Conte
La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri period Middle Ages
subject surface form: La Vita Nuova
Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg era Middle Ages