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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St Edmund’s Chapel ruins era Middle Ages
Antvorskov Monastery site era Middle Ages
Count of Saint-Pol timePeriod Middle Ages
Saint-Pol hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Randazzo hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Old Castle (Altes Schloss) era Middle Ages
Sovana Cathedral era Middle Ages
Vallis Crucis era Middle Ages
Robert FitzSuen timePeriod Middle Ages
Ban (governor) of Croatia timePeriod Middle Ages
subject surface form: Ban of Croatia
Tulach Àrd timePeriod Middle Ages
Lostwithiel Castle era Middle Ages
Oberquartier timePeriod Middle Ages
Kasteel IJsselstein historicalEra Middle Ages
Count of Zutphen historicalEra Middle Ages
Egmond Castle hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Salona hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
County of Ribagorza timePeriod Middle Ages
Aragonese forces timePeriod Middle Ages
William I, Duke of Jülich era Middle Ages
Bodfeld timePeriod Middle Ages
Childebert of Brittany timePeriod Middle Ages
Nicole de Blois timePeriod Middle Ages
Cañete hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Count of Rennes historicalEra Middle Ages
Roger of Lauria for the Crown of Aragon era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Roger of Lauria
County of Braine timePeriod Middle Ages
Count of Urgell historicalEra Middle Ages
Miro the Young timePeriod Middle Ages
Cixilo era Middle Ages
medieval town tower (Black Tower / Schwarzer Turm) era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Black Tower (Brugg)
small principality of Nassau-Weilburg era Middle Ages
subject surface form: Nassau-Weilburg
Saint Olaf’s Church era Middle Ages
Blera hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Battle of Mauron era Middle Ages
Saraqusta timePeriod Middle Ages