This roughly 1000-year period begins with the literary depictions of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain, often set in the 5th or 6th century, and extends to the Robin Hood legends, generally associated with the late 12th or early 13th century, during the reign of Richard the Lionheart. Across Europe and beyond, the Middle Ages encompassed the Crusades, Viking invasions, Chinese dynasties, the Chinese invention of movable type, the life of the Prophet Muhammad, Genghis Khan’s conquests, and the spread of Buddhism. Later, it saw the Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War, and concluded with Gutenberg’s printing press and Columbus’s arrival in the Americas.
| Era Medieval Age (500 – 1490s) |
| Alternative Names Middle Ages |
| Total Entries 162 |
| Articles Middle Ages – Wikipedia Matter of Britain – Wikipedia Robin Hood – Wikipedia |
| Description This roughly 1000-year period begins with the literary depictions of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain, often set in the 5th or 6th century, and extends to the Robin Hood legends, generally associated with the late 12th or early 13th century, during the reign of Richard the Lionheart. Across Europe and beyond, the Middle Ages encompassed the Crusades, Viking invasions, Chinese dynasties, the Chinese invention of movable type, the life of the Prophet Muhammad, Genghis Khan’s conquests, and the spread of Buddhism. Later, it saw the Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War, and concluded with Gutenberg’s printing press and Columbus’s arrival in the Americas.
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. ~ Middle Ages – Wikipedia
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