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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Wilhelm usedInPeriod Middle Ages
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Battle of Bannockburn era Middle Ages
Corts of Valencia historicalPeriod Middle Ages
King of Bohemia historicalEra Middle Ages
Dom Square hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Cumberland historicalEra Middle Ages
Law French timePeriod Middle Ages
Hermitage Castle historicalEra Middle Ages
Galloway historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Troilus and Criseyde period Middle Ages
Koło hasMunicipalRightsSince Middle Ages
Fishermen’s and Tanners’ Quarter locatedInTime Middle Ages
this entity surface form: Middle Ages (origin)
Velay historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Candes hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
House of Wittelsbach timePeriod Middle Ages
Capetian dynasty timePeriod Middle Ages
Cortes of Castile timePeriod Middle Ages
Welf historicalEra Middle Ages
Nieuwegracht inception Middle Ages
Duchy of Athens era Middle Ages
Lordship of Montpellier (temporarily) historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Lordship of Montpellier
Aragonese florin historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Sir James Douglas era Middle Ages
Kingdom of Majorca historicalEra Middle Ages
Scottish Estates historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Three Estates appliesToPeriod Middle Ages
Ettrick Forest historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Sudeten Germans locatedInTime Middle Ages
Patriarch Michael I Cerularius era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Michael I Cerularius
Byzantine navy timePeriod Middle Ages
knights of the shire timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Knights of the shire
Marjorie Bruce era Middle Ages
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