Medieval
Roughly 1100 to 1500 for anything with surviving fabric: load-bearing masonry, timber frames, and openings sized by what the structure would allow rather than by the room.
Also called Middle Ages, mediaeval.
How it connects
Medieval is evoked by Gothic.
In other taxonomies
- Medieval (European)Getty AAT, 300020756theirs is wider
- Middle AgesWikidata, Q12554theirs is wider
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Where it sits
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Medieval
10 terms, Medieval to Contemporary
Record
The historical Middle Ages start far earlier, around 500, but almost nothing standing predates 1100, so the useful bracket for a building or an interior starts there.
- Also called
- Middle Ages · mediaeval
- Span
- c. 1150-1485, defensibly 1066-1550in the United KingdomThe boundaries are conventional rather than fixed by an event, which is why they are given as approximate.
- Provenance
- authored@instruments/taxonomy ADR 0001
For machines
Permanent address
/id/period/medievalKnowledge graph
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Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getty AAT | 300020756 | Medieval (European) | theirs is wider |
| Wikidata | Q12554 | Middle Ages | theirs is wider |