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Period: 500 to 1500
The Middle Ages
It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. -
Period: 800 to
The Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806. -
Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
Many historians believe that it started earlier or ended later, depending on the country. It bridged the periods of the Middle Ages and modern history. Depending on the country, overlaps with the Early Modern, Elizabethan / Restoration periods. The Renaissance is most closely associated with Italy, where it began in the 14th century, though countries such as Germany, England and France went through many of the same cultural changes and phenomena -
Period: 1348 to 1350
The Black Death
The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s that took about an estimated number of 75 million lives. -
Period: 1378 to 1417
The Great Schism
The Western Schism, also called Papal Schism, Great Occidential Schism and Schism of 1378 was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 1378 to 1417 in which two, since 1410 even three, men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope. -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
The Reformation, or, more fully, the Protestant Reformation, was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, and other Protestant Reformers in 16th-century Europe. -
Period: 1543 to
The Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature. -
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The Englightenment
The Enlightenment, or The Age of Enlightenment, was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy"