medieval kingdoms
Old European monarchies
Medieval kingdoms were the monarchical states that dominated Europe roughly from the 5th to 15th centuries, between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance.
The term evokes feudal hierarchy, castle-dotted landscapes, and rulers whose power derived from land, lineage, and divine right.
In fantasy fiction and gaming, medieval kingdoms has become shorthand for any setting with swords, thrones, and pre-industrial politics: The game lets you build your own medieval kingdom.
- marketVenue for trade
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- baronLow-ranking peer
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- castleFortified medieval residence
castle walls · dynasty · illuminated manuscript · king's ransom · guild · vassal · heraldry · coat of arms · primogeniture · knight errant · bishopric · tapestry · suzerainty · monarch · royal court · divine right · troubadour · armor
- Iberian HistorySpain, Portugal, Iberia, Castile, Aragon
- Nordic HistoryViking Age, Viking raids, longships, runestones, Great Northern War
- Northern SpainNavarre, Basque Country, Asturias, Galicia, La Rioja
- Caucasus historyArmenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Chechnya, Dagestan
- CroatiaZagreb, Dubrovnik, Croatian, Dalmatia, counties
- Balkan HistoryBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro
medieval kingdomsfederal republics
States with elected leaders and autonomous regions
republics · totalitarian regimes · technocracies · theocracies · direct democracies
medieval kingdomsworld government
Unified international ruling authority
European Union · nomadic groups · colonial empires · United Nations · failed states