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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Puerta de Zaragoza era Middle Ages
Iglesia de San Esteban era Middle Ages
Đurađ II Balšić era Middle Ages
House of Íñiguez era Middle Ages
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Count of Tonnerre timePeriod Middle Ages
Battle of Cassel (1328) era Middle Ages
Henry of Courtenay timePeriod Middle Ages
Province of Moray timePeriod Middle Ages
Mary of Anjou era Middle Ages
Scrope family historicalEra Middle Ages
Ukbara timePeriod Middle Ages
Grote of Sint-Nicolaaskerk timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Grote of Sint-Nicolaaskerk (Muiden)
Andrew Stewart timePeriod Middle Ages
Lord of Courtenay timePeriod Middle Ages
Helena del Bosco timePeriod Middle Ages
Lakhnauti (in Bengal) historicalEra Middle Ages
subject surface form: Lakhnauti
Kulm law timePeriod Middle Ages
Elizabeth de Courtenay era Middle Ages
Sumra dynasty historicalEra Middle Ages
Altieri historicalEra Middle Ages
Ban Pavao Šubić historicalEra Middle Ages
Monastery of St. Mamas era Middle Ages
Charles de Courtenay historicalEra Middle Ages
Louis de Courtenay timePeriod Middle Ages
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Kärnan tower era Middle Ages
Raoul I de Courtenay timePeriod Middle Ages
Basilique Saint-Amable de Riom era Middle Ages
Rait Castle era Middle Ages
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Giles Stewart historicalEra Middle Ages
Gelis Stewart timePeriod Middle Ages
Egidia Steuart timePeriod Middle Ages
Wooden House of Mâcon era Middle Ages
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Stegeborg Castle era Middle Ages
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