noun
the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (Freq. 5)
• Syn: ↑Dark Ages
• Members of this Topic:
↑bloodletting, ↑cannon, ↑chain mail, ↑ring mail, ↑mail, ↑chain armor, ↑chain armour, ↑ring armor, ↑ring armour, ↑habergeon, ↑miniature, ↑illumination, ↑pavis, ↑pavise, ↑humor, ↑humour, ↑Cockaigne, ↑courtly love, ↑knight errantry, ↑trivium, ↑quadrivium, ↑Oberson, ↑Titania, ↑esquire, ↑palatine, ↑palsgrave, ↑Tristan, ↑Tristram, ↑Iseult, ↑Isolde, ↑serf, ↑helot, ↑villein
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑historic period, ↑age
• Part Holonyms: ↑history
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noun
the Middle Ages
: the period of European history from about A.D. 500 to about 1500
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in European history, the period from about AD 1000 to AD 1450
Culture:
This period is associated with the Crusades and ↑feudalism, and is thought of as a time when the Christian Church was very powerful. Some people also think of it as a period when there was little cultural or social development, but it produced important works of literature such as Chaucer's ↑Canterbury Tales, and many beautiful churches in the ↑Romanesque and ↑Gothic styles.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.