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April 19, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
April 17, 2013	Peer review	Reviewed
May 26, 2013	Featured article candidate	Promoted
June 16, 2024	Guild of Copy Editors	Copyedited
November 8, 2024	Featured article review	Demoted
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Section sizes

Section size for Middle Ages (39 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	6,089	6,089
Terminology and periodisation	5,233	5,233
Later Roman Empire	8,392	8,392
Early Middle Ages	50	52,006
New societies	6,026	6,026
Byzantine survival	3,930	3,930
Western society	6,251	6,251
Rise of Islam	3,031	3,031
Trade and economy	1,848	1,848
Church and monasticism	4,818	4,818
Carolingian Europe	5,577	5,577
Carolingian Renaissance	1,903	1,903
Breakup of the Carolingian Empire	5,581	5,581
New kingdoms and Byzantine revival	5,710	5,710
Art and architecture	3,903	3,903
Military and technological developments	3,378	3,378
High Middle Ages	48	42,468
Society and economic life	10,897	10,897
Rise of state power	8,165	8,165
Crusades	5,493	5,493
Intellectual life	4,341	4,341
Technology and military	4,172	4,172
Architecture, art, and music	4,977	4,977
Church life	4,375	4,375
Late Middle Ages	48	26,696
War, famine, and plague	3,200	3,200
Society and economy	2,624	2,624
State resurgence	5,745	5,745
Collapse of Byzantium	1,592	1,592
Controversy within the Church	3,522	3,522
Scholars, intellectuals, and exploration	4,101	4,101
Technological and military developments	2,612	2,612
Late medieval art and architecture	3,252	3,252
Modern perceptions	3,436	3,436
Notes	32	32
Citations	32	32
References	21,189	21,189
Further reading	1,419	1,419
External links	1,823	1,823
Total	168,815	168,815