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text_A: Jousting was transformed into a specialized sport during the Late Middle Ages in 1625.
text_B: The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the period of European history generally comprising the 14th and 15th centuries -LRB- c. 1301 -- 1500 -RRB- .. period. Periodization. European history. European history. The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern era -LRB- and , in much of Europe , the Renaissance -RRB- .. High Middle Ages. High Middle Ages. early modern era. early modern era. Renaissance. Renaissance. Around 1300 , centuries of prosperity and growth in Europe came to a halt .. A series of famines and plagues , including the Great Famine of 1315 -- 1317 and the Black Death , reduced the population to around half of what it was before the calamities .. Black Death. Black Death. Along with depopulation came social unrest and endemic warfare .. endemic warfare. endemic warfare. France and England experienced serious peasant uprisings , such as the Jacquerie and the Peasants ' Revolt , as well as over a century of intermittent conflict in the Hundred Years ' War .. France. France. England. England. Jacquerie. Jacquerie. To add to the many problems of the period , the unity of the Catholic Church was shattered by the Western Schism .. period. Periodization. Catholic Church. Catholic Church. Western Schism. Western Schism. Collectively these events are sometimes called the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages .. Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. Despite these crises , the 14th century was also a time of great progress in the arts and sciences .. Following a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts that took root in the High Middle Ages , the Italian Renaissance began .. High Middle Ages. High Middle Ages. Renaissance. Renaissance. Greek. Ancient Greece. Roman. Ancient Rome. Italian Renaissance. Italian Renaissance. The absorption of Latin texts had started before the Renaissance of the 12th century through contact with Arabs during the Crusades , but the availability of important Greek texts accelerated with the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks , when many Byzantine scholars had to seek refuge in the West , particularly Italy .. Renaissance. Renaissance. Greek. Ancient Greece. Renaissance of the 12th century. Renaissance of the 12th century. Crusades. Crusades. capture of Constantinople. capture of Constantinople. Ottoman Turks. Ottoman Empire. Byzantine. Byzantine Empire. Italy. Italy. Combined with this influx of classical ideas was the invention of printing , which facilitated dissemination of the printed word and democratized learning .. printing. printing. These two things would later lead to the Protestant Reformation .. Protestant Reformation. Protestant Reformation. Toward the end of the period , the Age of Discovery began .. period. Periodization. Age of Discovery. Age of Discovery. The rise of the Ottoman Empire , culminating in the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 , eroded the last remnants of the Byzantine Empire and cut off trading possibilities with the east .. Byzantine. Byzantine Empire. Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Empire. Fall of Constantinople. Fall of Constantinople. Europeans were forced to seek new trading routes , leading to the expedition of Columbus to the Americas in 1492 , and Vasco da Gama 's circumnavigation of India and Africa in 1498 .. Columbus. Christopher Columbus. Americas. Americas. Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama. India. Indian subcontinent. Africa. Africa. Their discoveries strengthened the economy and power of European nations .. The changes brought about by these developments have led many scholars to view this period as the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of modern history and early modern Europe .. period. Periodization. modern history. modern history. early modern Europe. early modern Europe. However , the division is somewhat artificial , since ancient learning was never entirely absent from European society .. As a result there was developmental continuity between the ancient age -LRB- via classical antiquity -RRB- and the modern age .. developmental continuity. Continuity thesis. ancient age. ancient history. classical antiquity. classical antiquity. modern age. modern age. Some historians , particularly in Italy , prefer not to speak of the Late Middle Ages at all , but rather see the high period of the Middle Ages transitioning to the Renaissance and the modern era .. period. Periodization. Renaissance. Renaissance. Italy. Italy
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