Medieval History
Eleven centuries in one category. Medieval History won the August 2026 community vote and arrived in Sorting History on 2026-10-01: 105 sortable events from the Sack of Rome in 410 to Machiavelli's The Prince in 1513 — Viking raids, crusades, the Mongol conquests, the Black Death era, the Hundred Years' War and the first printed Bible.
What's in this category
Medieval History covers the long stretch between the end of the Western Roman Empire and the Renaissance: the Frankish and Carolingian kingdoms, the rise of Islam and the Abbasid caliphate, Byzantium, the Viking age, the Norman conquests, the investiture struggle between popes and emperors, the crusades, the universities and religious orders, Magna Carta, the Mongol invasions, the Hundred Years' War, the Hussite wars, the Wars of the Roses and the voyages that closed the era.
What it's not: earlier antiquity lives in Ancient Civilizations, and the deeper national stories have their own categories (European History, French History, German History). Every event is anchored to a year, so you sort them, not memorise dynasties.
Sample events
- Sack of Rome — 410
- Vikings Raid Lindisfarne — 793
- Charlemagne Crowned — 800
- Domesday Book Completed — 1086
- Magna Carta Signed — 1215
- Peasants' Revolt — 1381
- Joan of Arc Executed — 1431
- Gutenberg Prints Bible — 1455
+ 97 more events. New events added through corrections and ongoing verification.
How to play this category
Premium category, included with Explorer. Explorer and Historian subscribers play it ad-free anytime. Players on the ad-supported tier can unlock it for 1 hour by watching a single rewarded ad. Open Sorting History, tap Play, select Medieval History, choose a game length, and sort.
