Late Middle Ages
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The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from 1300 to 1500 AD. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded Early modern Europe.
Europe and the Mediterranean region, c. 1354
From the Apocalypse in a Biblia Pauperum illuminated at Erfurt around the time of the Great Famine. Death sits astride a lion whose long tail ends in a ball of flame (Hell). Famine points to her hungry mouth.
The Battle of Agincourt, 15th-century miniature, Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Silver mining and processing in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, 15th century
High Middle Ages
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Central EuropeGuelf, Hohenstaufen, and Ascanian domains in Germany about 1176
Late Middle Ages
…The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from 1300 to 1500 AD. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded Early modern Europe (and in much of Europe, the Renaissance). Around 1350, centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt. A…
The Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings during the Norman Conquest of 1066
Miniature representing the delivery of the fortress of Uclés to the Master of Order of Santiago in 1174
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa kneels before Pope Alexander III before signing the Treaty of Venice (1177), fresco in Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.
King Saint Stephen I of Hungary (Chronicon Pictum)