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Middle Ages

Also known as medieval period, medieval Europe

period of European history from the 5th to the late 15th-century

OverviewAI-generated

The Middle Ages is a historical period and cultural movement within human history, primarily located in Europe. It spans from 476 to 1520. The period follows ancient history and late antiquity, and is succeeded by the Renaissance, early modern period, and Age of Discovery. It is divided into the Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, and Late Middle Ages.

The subject is studied through medieval studies and medieval archaeology. It is described by sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The topic is also known as Mittelalter. It is referenced by 25,323 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Research

5,339,618 papers

Late Middle Ages-Europe.Progress in brain research · 2024Ganz JCDOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2024.02.011
Recurrent pericarditis: moving from the middle ages to renaissance.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2023Lazaros G, Tsioufis CDOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321749
Faltering mortality improvements at young-middle ages in high-income English-speaking countries.International journal of epidemiology · 2024Timonin S, Leon DA, Banks E et al.DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyae128
From stigma to forgetfulness: The rights of people with psychosocial disabilities in the new Middle Ages of the Covid era.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2022Carta MG, Bhugra DDOI: 10.1177/0020764020972429
Epidemiology of end-stage renal disease in patients with diabetes mellitus: from the dark ages to the middle ages.ReviewNephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 1992Catalano C, Marshall SMDOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a092103
Atlas and Talus.Journal of anatomy · 2022Jackowe DJ, Biener MGDOI: 10.1111/joa.13613
Conceptualizing disabilities from antiquity to the middle ages: A historical-medical contribution.International journal of paleopathology · 2023Cilione M, Gazzaniga VDOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2022.11.004
Eaves-drip burials in the Early Middle Ages: A special burial place for the unbaptised children?Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur · 2023Krause S, Bischop DDOI: 10.1127/anthranz/2023/1655

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: historical period
Subclass of: cultural movement
Has part: Early Middle Ages
Followed by: Age of Discovery
Follows: late antiquity
Location: Europe
Image: Friedrich-barbarossa-und-soehne-welfenchronik 1-1000x1540.jpg

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end time: 1517-00-00
Commons category: Middle Ages
topic's main category: Category:Middle Ages
Commons gallery: Middle Ages
studied by: medieval archaeology
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Middle Ages
facet of: human history
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=middle-ages
WordLift URL: data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/middle_ages
Stack Exchange tag: history.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/middle-ages
start time: 0476-00-00
P8168: PLK
subject named as: Mittelalter

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Encyclopedic overview

Durationc. 1000 years LocationEurope Including Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages

Key eventsFall of the Western Roman Empire Spread of Islam Treaty of Verdun East–West Schism Crusades Magna Carta Hundred Years' War Black Death Fall of Constantinople Exploration of North America

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