High and Late Middle Ages - Cieslica By russell.cieslica Period: Sep 13, 1000 to Sep 14, 1492 High and Late Middle Ages NATION-STATE – a political unit, that has to have territory, boundaries, political organization that controls it’s own internal and foreign affairs, a population and it must be recognized by other political units. Sep 15, 1215 King John Signs the Magna Carta blablablabla