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 Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
endTime late 15th century
fieldOfStudy medieval studies
followedBy Early modern period
Renaissance
follows Classical antiquity
Western Roman Empire
hasPart Early Middle Ages
linked to: 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
Kingdom of France
linked to: France
includesEvent Avignon Papacy
Black Death
Carolingian Renaissance
Christianization of Europe
Crusades
linked to: Reconquista

Great Schism of 1054
linked to: East–West Schism

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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Europe hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages
Dunfermline Abbey era Middle Ages
Poles ethnogenesisPeriod Early Middle Ages
linked to: Middle Ages
Angus hasHistoricCountyStatusFrom Middle Ages
English barons timePeriod High Middle Ages
linked to: Middle Ages
Middle Ages hasPart Early Middle Ages
linked to: Middle Ages
Angelus prayer timeOfOrigin Middle Ages
Singel eraOfOrigin Middle Ages
Norwegians ethnogenesisPeriod Middle Ages
Red Light District (Amsterdam) timePeriodOfDevelopment Middle Ages
subject linked to: Red Light District
Renaissance follows Middle Ages
Scottish royal court timePeriod Middle Ages
County of Nassau historicalEra Middle Ages
Nuskhuri historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Judeo-Italian timePeriod Middle Ages
Early Modern period follows Middle Ages
Early Modern period precededBy Middle Ages
Leigh usedSince Middle Ages
Middle Irish era Middle Ages
King of Italy usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Queen of Scots historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Iacomus timePeriod Middle Ages
subject linked to: Late Latin Iacomus
Abbasid Caliphate era Middle Ages
Crown of Aragon historicalEra Middle Ages
William Langland literaryPeriod Middle Ages
Clan Douglas originPeriod Middle Ages
Chapter House, Westminster Abbey era Middle Ages
subject linked to: Chapter House
Harold historicalUsage Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Middle Ages
Gori Fortress usedDuring Middle Ages
Toledo historicalEra Middle Ages
Hospital of the Knights timePeriod Middle Ages
Old Gutnish era Middle Ages
Coq gaulois timePeriod Middle Ages (as heraldic symbol)
subject linked to: coq gaulois
linked to: Middle Ages
Byzantine Empire partOf Middle Ages
Robert the Bruce era Middle Ages
Quakenbrück hasHistoricPeriod Middle Ages
West Building timePeriodCoverage Middle Ages