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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The period in European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, often dated from AD 476 to 1453.
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- proper noun history The period of time in
Europe between the decline of theRoman Empire and the revival of letters (theRenaissance ) or, according to Henry Hallam, the period beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
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She says: I love the term Middle Ages - it has such a wealth of fascinating and exotic connotations - to me anyway!
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2005
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The best modern judges are agreed that the term Middle Ages must not be given
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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What we call the Middle Ages would continue for about another 500 years.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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What we call the Middle Ages would continue for about another 500 years.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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What we call the Middle Ages would continue for about another 500 years.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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In Europe, particularly western Europe, the postclassical period is commonly called the Middle Ages (Lat.,
F. Europe, 461-1500 2001
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Further details and complete contents of all volumes can be found at their web site, where they also offer back issues of another journal, now defunct, called Teaching the Middle Ages aka TMA.
Archive 2009-04-01 The Society for the Study of Popular Culture 2009
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When I published my book, I was asked to include much more background than I had, because the press wanted to market the book as broadly as they could given that it was an academic monograph about the Middle Ages, that is.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009
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Further details and complete contents of all volumes can be found at their web site, where they also offer back issues of another journal, now defunct, called Teaching the Middle Ages aka TMA.
Resources for Teaching the Middle Ages (RTMA): New issue of Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (aka SMART) The Society for the Study of Popular Culture 2009
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In Germany, which in the Middle Ages was the most prosperous country in Europe, extravagance and luxury grew at an alarming pace towards the end of the fifteenth century.
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