the Middle Ages

noun

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

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With its roots in the pagan tradition, May Day celebrations stretch back to the Middle Ages, when festivities marked the midway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 May 2025 The music also uncovers what women have to say from the Middle Ages to today, dipping into Brazilian dances and pop. Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025 In the Middle Ages, gum arabic reached Europe by way of pilgrims and merchants traveling to ports of the Levant, the coastal region of the eastern Mediterranean. Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025 Buy Now The Best Celebrity Photo Books of 2024 05 of 10 'Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It' by Janina Ramirez The Middle Ages are often maligned as a dark time of oppression, ignorance and patriarchy, but recent scholarship shows this wasn’t the case. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Middle Ages

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“The Middle Ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Middle%20Ages. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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