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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Italica abandonedBy Middle Ages
Walk to Canossa tookPlaceDuring Middle Ages
Gutalagen hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Gutes historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Albrecht commonInHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Council of Rome (1076) timePeriod Middle Ages
Siege of Kiev (1240) historicalEra Middle Ages
Maine historicalEra Middle Ages
subject surface form: Maine (historical province)
Palazzo Madama historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Catalan pound usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Vsevolod I of Kiev era Middle Ages
Duke of Gascony usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Duchy of Mecklenburg historicalEra Middle Ages
Christina usedSinceCentury Middle Ages
Spanish law historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Tarifa foundedInPeriod Middle Ages
Aristotelianism revivedIn Middle Ages
Greek fire timePeriod Middle Ages
Palermo hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Kurfürsten historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Earl of Carrick historicalEra Middle Ages
Macedonian dynasty era Middle Ages
Time Bandits setInPeriod Middle Ages
Jabberwocky settingPeriod Middle Ages
Battle of Methven historicalEra Middle Ages
Fieschi family floruit Middle Ages
Bull "Etsi de statu" historicalPeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Etsi de statu
Saint Sava Day timePeriodOfOrigin Middle Ages
Duchess of Limburg historicalUse Middle Ages
Old Spanish usedIn Middle Ages
Gardar timePeriod Middle Ages
Heimskringla timePeriodCovered Middle Ages
Venetian navy historicalEra Middle Ages
Western Settlement timePeriod Middle Ages