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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Battle of Visby (1361) timePeriod Middle Ages
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Arte della Lana timePeriod Middle Ages
Arte del Cambio timePeriod Middle Ages
Arte della Seta timePeriod Middle Ages
Arte dei Beccai timePeriod Middle Ages
Arte dei Fabbri timePeriod Middle Ages
Arte dei Legnaioli timePeriod Middle Ages
Arte dei Fornai timePeriod Middle Ages
Battle of Adrianople (1355) era Middle Ages
Bishop’s Palace era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Bishop’s Palace, St Davids
medieval given name Hicke timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Hicke
Pascon agan Arluth timePeriod Middle Ages
Mabinogion timePeriod Middle Ages
Welsh Triads timePeriod Middle Ages
historical province of Poitou historicalEra Middle Ages
subject surface form: Poitou
Battle of Adrianople (1365) era Middle Ages
Arte dei Albergatori timePeriod Middle Ages
Tír Eoghain timePeriod Middle Ages
Thomond era Middle Ages
Two Towers era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Two Towers (Bologna)
Piazza di Porta Ravegnana era Middle Ages
Ösel–Wiek Diocese historicalEra Middle Ages
House of Schaumburg timePeriod Middle Ages
Innis Chonnell Castle era Middle Ages
de Luna timePeriod Middle Ages
Boulogne-sur-Mer ramparts era Middle Ages
de Hawey family timePeriod Middle Ages
Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria era Middle Ages
John Mortimer era Middle Ages
County of Reuss historicalEra Middle Ages
Gurgen of Iberia era Middle Ages
Maud Mortimer timePeriod Middle Ages
Blanche of France era Middle Ages
Philip V era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Philip V of France
Krbava historicalEra Middle Ages
Old Falkenstein Castle ruins era Middle Ages
Baron of the Empire timePeriod Middle Ages