| Middle Ages pl.n. The period in European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, often dated from a.d. 476 to 1453. |
Middle Ages
Noun
European history
1. (broadly) the period from the fall of the W Roman Empire in 476 ad to the Italian Renaissance
2. (narrowly) the period from about 1000 ad to the 15th century
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| Noun | 1. |  Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissancebloodletting - formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, mail - (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings habergeon - (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk miniature, illumination - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) pavis, pavise - (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position humour, humor - (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" Cockaigne - (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness courtly love - (Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers knight errantry - (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry trivium - (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence quadrivium - (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy Oberson - (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore Titania - (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore esquire - (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood palsgrave, palatine - (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands Tristan, Tristram - (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other Iseult, Isolde - (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history" |
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