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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Magnus VII of Norway era Middle Ages
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subject surface form: John II of France
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Marjory Bisset timePeriod Middle Ages
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Cimetière des Innocents (originally) timePeriod Middle Ages
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Later Tang historicalEra Middle Ages
John era Middle Ages
subject surface form: John of Cornwall
Salamon Tower era Middle Ages
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Elizabeth Stewart timePeriod Middle Ages
Banu Athbaj timePeriod Middle Ages
Banu Zughba historicalEra Middle Ages
Cēsis Castle era Middle Ages
Gamla Uppsala church era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Gamla Uppsala Church
Giustiniani family timePeriod Middle Ages
Cornish stannaries timePeriod Middle Ages
provost of Paris timePeriod Middle Ages
Haakon VI of Norway era Middle Ages
tower of Cicero era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Tower of Cicero
Dunstable Priory ruins era Middle Ages
Old Picard timePeriod Middle Ages
Novo Brdo timePeriod Middle Ages
the Faculty of Sacred Theology of the Sorbonne timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Faculty of Sacred Theology of the Sorbonne
Ostan timePeriod Middle Ages
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Palazzo del Popolo era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Palazzo del Popolo (Orvieto)
Gagik I Artsruni historicalEra Middle Ages
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subject surface form: Church of the Nativity of Our Lady on Peryn
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