 With collapse of
the
Roman Empire in the 5th century the Barbarians created new
kingdoms. Based on a
feudal system of economics, government and culture The middle ages (Medieval) reached its height in the
11th13th centuries. The Roman Catholic Church was the predominant
spiritual and political power. They clashed with royalty since over the of
the power of the Popes. it was a time of emerging
royalty,
poor peasants,
fortified castles,
knights,
chivalry,
Vikings,
Huns,
cathedrals,
plagues,
heresy,
inquisitions,
crusades,
emerging trade,
universities
and the growth of
individual towns
. The Middle Ages declined as the
Feudal System failed,
papal
authority waned,
population declined and people looked for new leadership.
"The Middle
Ages (adjectival form: medieval, mediaeval or medięval) is a
periodization of
European history, encompassing the period from the
5th
century to the
15th century. The Middle Ages follows the
fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the
Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division
of Western history:
Classical, Medieval and
Modern. The term "Middle Ages" first appears in Latin in the 15th
century and reflects the view that this period was a deviation from the
path of classical learning, a path that was later reconnected by
Renaissance scholarship."
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