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Medieval

Scope note

Refers to the period in the Christianized Roman Empire from roughly the fifth to the fifteenth century CE. The variety of styles that developed during this period are generally characterized by an evolution of the Greco-Roman tradition to incorporate Christian themes, the energetic spirit of the Celtic and Germanic peoples, and the thriving new towns populated by free men.

This term has 6,540 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name type
Keyword
School / style
Period
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300020756

Broader Terms used

<Medieval styles and periods>

Narrower Terms used

<Medieval regional styles>
Early Medieval
Gothic (Medieval)
International Gothic
Late Medieval
Proto-Renaissance
Romanesque

Term used for

Mediaeval
Middle Ages

Created

13yrs ago

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Ruler: Otto III (983-1002)

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Ruler: Henry the Lion (1142-1180)

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Blanken

Maker(s)

Mint: Deutz
Ruler: Rupert, Count Palatine (1463-1480)

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Pfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Soest
Ruler: Adolf of Altena (1193-1205)

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Pfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Goslar (Uncertain)

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Bracteate

Maker(s)

Mint: Brunswick
Ruler: Otto IV (1198-1215) (Uncertain)
Ruler: Henry the Long (1195-1227) (Uncertain)

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Half schilling

Maker(s)

Mint: Trier
Ruler: Baldwin of Luxemburg (1307-1354)

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Pfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Cologne
Ruler: Otto III (983-1002)

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Weißpfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Coblenz
Ruler: Werner of Falkenstein (1388-1418)

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Maker(s)

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Ruler: Henry II of Virneburg (1306-1332)

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Weißpfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Cologne

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Schilling

Maker(s)

Mint: Trier
Ruler: Cuno of Falkenstein (1362-1388)

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Pfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Bardowick
Ruler: Anonymous

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Groschen

Maker(s)

Mint: Kalkar
Ruler: Adolf III (1368-94)

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Bausche

Maker(s)

Mint: Mülheim
Ruler: William IV (1475-1511)

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Sterling

Maker(s)

Mint: Aachen
Ruler: Louis IV of Bavaria (1314-1347)

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Forgery of obol

Maker(s)

Mint: Cologne
Ruler: Otto III (983-1002)

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Bracteate

Maker(s)

Mint: Lübeck

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Pfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Goslar
Ruler: Henry IV (1056-1105)
King, (1056-1084) (With the title of)

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Gulden

Maker(s)

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Ruler: Dietrich of Moers (1414-63)

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Pfennig

Maker(s)

Mint: Oldenburg
Ruler: Conrad I (1345-1368)

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Bracteate

Maker(s)

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Ruler: Henry the Lion (1142-1180)

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Maker(s)

Mint: Osnabrück
Ruler: Conrad III of Diepholz (1455-1482)

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Bracteate

Maker(s)

Mint: Mecklenburg
Ruler: Anonymous

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