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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Yolande of Lusignan timePeriod Middle Ages
Donati family timePeriod Middle Ages
Bishop’s Palace era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Bishop’s Palace, Kirkwall
medieval parish of Ayr timePeriod Middle Ages
Karasi Beylik era Middle Ages
Ars Notoria timePeriod Middle Ages
Rus'–Tatar relations timePeriod Middle Ages
Jakeli Castle era Middle Ages
Old Town Hall era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Old Town Hall (Regensburg)
County of Hohenstein era Middle Ages
County of Schwarzburg era Middle Ages
Countess of Fife timePeriod Middle Ages
Thomas Bisset of Upsettlington era Middle Ages
Tvrtko I of Bosnia era Middle Ages
County of Stolberg historicalEra Middle Ages
Guild of Saint Luke timePeriod Middle Ages
ducal court of Saxony timePeriod Middle Ages
Osbert de Lincoln timePeriod Middle Ages
Bohemond era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Bohemond I of Antioch
Este family timePeriod Middle Ages
Lateran Councils timePeriod Middle Ages
Kalundborg Castle ruins era Middle Ages
Ida of Boulogne timePeriod Middle Ages
Blutturm era Middle Ages
Luciana di Segni timePeriod Middle Ages
Kipchak-Cuman timePeriod Middle Ages
Guillaume de Champagne timePeriod Middle Ages
Sant Jaume Church era Middle Ages
Arco de la Pastora timePeriod Middle Ages
Shaftesbury Abbey era Middle Ages
Greifswald Cathedral era Middle Ages
Palatinate-Simmern historicalEra Middle Ages
House of Guelders timePeriod Middle Ages
Strathbogie Castle era Middle Ages
Boris and Gleb Cathedral era Middle Ages
Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg era Middle Ages
Rabbi Vidal of Tolosa timePeriod Middle Ages
Madrasah of Granada era Middle Ages
Tour Barberousse era Middle Ages
San Isidro Labrador era Middle Ages
Wallsee family timePeriod Middle Ages
Grödinge Church era Middle Ages
Sefer ha-Yesod timePeriod Middle Ages