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Definition the Middle Ages in British English

the Middle Ages noun

[plural] noun
1

the period in European history between about the year 500 AD and the year 1500 AD. Things belonging to this period are described as medieval. The early part of this period is sometimes called the Dark Ages and the period after it is the Renaissance.

Definition the Middle Ages in British English