Examples of Middle Ages in a Sentence
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Over the centuries, others built on this foundation, including Thomas Aquinas during the High Middle Ages.
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Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Old English was a precursor to modern English and was spoken in England during the early Middle Ages.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
18 May 2026
Rather than being hunched over their game consoles, these guys were reenacting a legend that—according to Liane—dates back to the early Middle Ages, featuring a Catholic maiden called Mata and a Muslim prince called Grifone.
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Lee Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 May 2026
Barnes and Imam had been trading ideas with a scholar named Andrew Willard Jones, whose work focussed on the model of Christendom found in, say, High Middle Ages France, where society was organized around its relationship with the Church.
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Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Ironically, most critics today think of him as part of the Middle Ages himself.
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Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Using insurance contracts to bet on the outcomes of wars was so commonplace in the late Middle Ages that the practice was legally prohibited in Genoa.
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Stuart Jeffries,
Air Mail,
4 Apr. 2026
Established in 1938 as a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (more on that further down), The Met Cloisters is considered the country’s only museum dedicated to Middle Ages art and architecture; 227 Travel founder Deb Swacker says not to miss the famous Unicorn Tapestries.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
Fridays have been considered unlucky to Christians since the Middle Ages because the crucifixion of Christ was on a Friday, Moira Marsh, a folklore librarian at the University of Indiana Bloomington, told NPR.
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Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Old English was a precursor to modern English and was spoken in England during the early Middle Ages.
—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
18 May 2026
Rather than being hunched over their game consoles, these guys were reenacting a legend that—according to Liane—dates back to the early Middle Ages, featuring a Catholic maiden called Mata and a Muslim prince called Grifone.
—
Lee Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 May 2026
Barnes and Imam had been trading ideas with a scholar named Andrew Willard Jones, whose work focussed on the model of Christendom found in, say, High Middle Ages France, where society was organized around its relationship with the Church.
—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Ironically, most critics today think of him as part of the Middle Ages himself.
—
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Using insurance contracts to bet on the outcomes of wars was so commonplace in the late Middle Ages that the practice was legally prohibited in Genoa.
—
Stuart Jeffries,
Air Mail,
4 Apr. 2026
Established in 1938 as a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (more on that further down), The Met Cloisters is considered the country’s only museum dedicated to Middle Ages art and architecture; 227 Travel founder Deb Swacker says not to miss the famous Unicorn Tapestries.
—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
Fridays have been considered unlucky to Christians since the Middle Ages because the crucifixion of Christ was on a Friday, Moira Marsh, a folklore librarian at the University of Indiana Bloomington, told NPR.
—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Middle Ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Middle%20Ages. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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