| Middle Ages pl.n. The period in European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, often dated from a.d. 476 to 1453. |
Middle Ages
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the European history
1. (Historical Terms) (broadly) the period from the end of classical antiquity (or the deposition of the last W Roman emperor in 476 ad) to the Italian Renaissance (or the fall of Constantinople in 1453)
2. (Historical Terms) (narrowly) the period from about 1000 ad to the 15th century Compare Dark Ages
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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" |
Translations
Middle Ages → العصور الوسطى středověk middelalder Mittelalter Μεσαίωνας Edad Media keskiaika Moyen-Âge Srednji vijek Medioevo 中世 중년 middeleeuwen middelalderen Średniowiecze Idade Média Средневековье medeltiden ยุคกลาง Orta Çağ thời Trung cổ 中世纪
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