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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Church of St. Sophia era Middle Ages
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Lyon family timePeriod Middle Ages
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Vineta timePeriod Middle Ages
Burton Abbey era Middle Ages
Château de Selles era Middle Ages
Bertrand du Guesclin era Middle Ages
William de Brus timePeriod Middle Ages
Robert the Devil timePeriod Middle Ages
Abbey of Saint Mary, Rouen era Middle Ages
Margraviate of Meissen timePeriod Middle Ages
Rostislav Vsevolodovich timePeriod Middle Ages
House of Hainaut timePeriod Middle Ages
Latin Europe timePeriod Middle Ages
San Francesco church era Middle Ages
subject surface form: San Francesco church (Città di Castello)
Diocese of Dunblane (historical association) historicalEra Middle Ages
subject surface form: Diocese of Dunblane
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia era Middle Ages
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Niebla, Al-Andalus timePeriod Middle Ages
Guy de Balliol timePeriod Middle Ages
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Saint-André-le-Bas complex era Middle Ages
Alice d’Aubigny timePeriod Middle Ages
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Alcobaça Monastery era Middle Ages
Alexios I of Trebizond era Middle Ages
House of Jaqeli historicalEra Middle Ages
Guaita Tower era Middle Ages