the Middle Ages

noun

: the period of European history from about A.D. 500 to about 1500

Examples of the Middle Ages in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the Middle Ages, Christian hermits and monks moved in. Nina Burleigh, New York Times, 21 May 2024 Giardino della Minerva, a terraced botanic garden founded in the 12th century, is where the students of the ancient medical school of Salerno would come and study herbal plants in the Middle Ages, and where students from the area still come to study plants and their medicinal uses. Federica Bocco, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2024 The study of animals’ remedies continued in the Middle Ages. Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024 La Jolla Renaissance Singers: This early choral music ensemble will perform a mini-concert of work from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024 These walls served as the foundation for further fortifications constructed during the Middle Ages. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024 Relying on these documents to paint an accurate picture of human-whale relationships in the Middle Ages, then, is challenging. Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024 The angelic figures who guide slain heroes to the afterlife in Valhalla – paradise in Norse legends – were first written about in the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda manuscripts in the Middle Ages. Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024 All pasta was a rarefied food in the Middle Ages, but few forms captured the popular imagination as completely as stuffed pasta, considered the noblest of the species. Dawn Davis Sharon Radisch Soneela Nankani Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 13 May 2024

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“The Middle Ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Middle%20Ages. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

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