Middle Ages meaning
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[ˌmɪd.l̩ ˈeɪ.dʒɪz] WMiddle Ages
- In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
- Depopulation, deurbanisation, invasion, and movement of peoples, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.
- During the High Middle Ages, which began after AD 1000, the population of Europe increased greatly as technological and agricultural innovations allowed trade to flourish and the Medieval Warm Period climate change allowed crop yields to increase.
- Proper nounPREmid-
- (historical) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500.
- (historical) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500.
Definition of Middle Ages in English Dictionary
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Other Vocabulary
- en middle age
- en middle-aged
- en middleaged
- en middlegames
- en middlewares
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "Middle Ages" is a noun, more specifically, a proper noun.