Western European Dark Ages

Dark Age (därk)

1. also dark age

a. An era of ignorance, superstition, or social chaos or repression. Often used in the plural: a novel depicting the dark ages in the aftermath of a global war.

b. The early or crude stage in the history or development of something. Often used in the plural: back in the dark ages of radio technology.

2. Dark Ages

a. The period in Europe from the fall of Rome in the fifth century a.d. to the restoration of relative political stability around the year 1000; the early part of the Middle Ages.

b. The entire Middle Ages, especially when viewed as a troubled period marked by the loss of classical learning. No longer in use by historians.

Dark Ages

pl n

the European history

1. (Historical Terms) the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period

2. (Historical Terms) (occasionally) the whole medieval period

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Noun

Dark Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

Middle Ages

bloodletting - 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

helot, serf, villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

history - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"

Translations

Dark Ages npl the Dark Ages → l'alto medioevo

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