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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Tebald historicalUsagePeriod Middle Ages
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Judith Bridge era Middle Ages
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Penrith Castle era Middle Ages
Cathar castle of Termes era Middle Ages
Duchy of Calabria era Middle Ages
Mortain family timePeriod Middle Ages
Bobone family timePeriod Middle Ages
Prince of Mingrelia timePeriod Middle Ages
House of Moscow era Middle Ages
Saint-Amand Abbey era Middle Ages
Sopron Synagogue era Middle Ages
Battle of Dundalk timePeriod Middle Ages
Sigüenza historicalEra Middle Ages
Breite Straße historicalEra Middle Ages
Battle of Cerami historicalEra Middle Ages
Duke of Bar historicalEra Middle Ages
Gonville Hall era Middle Ages
Battle of Olivento era Middle Ages
County of Blois timePeriod Middle Ages
County of Bigorre timePeriod Middle Ages
House of Blois historicalEra Middle Ages
Count of Maine timePeriod Middle Ages
County of Calabria timePeriod Middle Ages
historical province of Languedoc timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Languedoc
Italian nobility timePeriod Middle Ages
Arsukidze timePeriod Middle Ages
Torre delle Ore era Middle Ages
San Salvador Church era Middle Ages
subject surface form: San Salvador Church (Getaria)
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Schmalzturm era Middle Ages
Battle of Dorylaeum era Middle Ages
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