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medieval
/mɪdˈi.vəl/
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What does medieval mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
- Archaic.
- Brutal.
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noun
- Someone living in the Middle Ages.
- A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).
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ALL It's clear that medieval art alone retains its zest, To charm and please its devotees we've done our little best.
It was then that the triple division of ancient, medieval, and modern was first applied to the history of western civilisation.
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So, too, we have ancient mystical theories of number which the theological spirit had made Christian, usurping an enormous place in medieval science.
The medieval collector of books sometimes, and the monastic librarian nearly always, took care that his library was strong in hagiology and history.
Greek and medieval knowledge accepted the world in its qualitative variety, and regarded nature's processes as having ends, or in technical phrase as teleological.