ages (noun)

  • 1Middle Ages — 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, ↑ …

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  • 2Dark Ages — noun a) The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 . Put yourself back in the dark ages, the time before the Internet took off–say, the 1970s–and ask: What was the environment for creativity then? b) The time before the… …

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  • 3High Middle Ages — noun The period of European history, between the Early Middle Ages and the Late Middle Ages, that saw great social and political change …

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  • 4Early Middle Ages — noun The period of the Middle Ages from about the fifth to the eleventh centuries that followed the decline of the Roman Empire …

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  • 5Middle Ages — noun /ˌmɪd.l̩ ˈeɪ.dʒɪz/ The period of time in Europe between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters (the Renaissance) or, according to , the period beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. She could see… …

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  • 6Late Middle Ages — noun The period of European history between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern period …

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  • 7Dark Ages — noun the Dark Ages the period in European history from 476 AD to about 1000 AD …

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  • 8Middle Ages — noun the Middle Ages the period in European history between about 1100 and 1500 AD …

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  • 9Dark Ages — noun the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑Middle Ages • Members of this Topic: ↑bloodletting, ↑cannon, ↑chain mail, ↑ring mail, ↑mail …

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  • 10Middle Ages — noun plural Date: 1616 the period of European history from about A.D. 500 to about 1500 …

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