Middle Ages
period of European history from the 5th to the late 15th-century
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Summary
Middle Ages is an age[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of age entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,452 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: historical period[3]
- Follows: ancient history[4], late antiquity[5]
- Followed by: Renaissance[6], early modern period[7], Age of Discovery[8]
- Location: Europe[9]
- Subclass of: cultural movement[10]
- Commons category: Middle Ages[11]
- Has part(s): Early Middle Ages[12], Late Middle Ages[13], High Middle Ages[14]
- Start time: 476[15]
- End time: 1520[16], 1500[17], 1492[18], 1453[19], 1517[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Middle Ages[21]
- Commons gallery: Middle Ages[22]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Middle Ages[23]
- Facet of: human history[24]
- OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=middle-ages[25]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[31]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/middle-ages[32]
- Subject named as: Mittelalter[33]
- Studied by: medieval studies[34], medieval history[35], medieval archaeology[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[37], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
- Wikimedia outline: outline of the Middle Ages[39]
Why It Matters
Middle Ages has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]