Wikipedia:

Middle Ages | medieval | mediaeval

Summary:

a period of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The period followed the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, and preceded the Early Modern Era. It's the middle period in a three-period division of history: Classical, ...  (42 of 8378 words, 27 images)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle Ages  [cite]

Wikipedia:

Middle Ages (disambiguation)

Summary:

a period in European history spanning the time from the 5th to the 16th century Middle Ages or middle age may also refer to: Middle age, a stage of life | Middle Age: A Romance, a novel by Joyce Carol Oates | The Middle Ages (play), the play by A. R. ...  (49 of 210 words, 11 senses)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle Ages (disambiguation)  [cite]

Britannica:

Middle Ages

Summary:

the period in European history from the collapse of Roman civilization in the 5th century ce to the period of the Renaissance. The term and its ...  (26 of 105 words)

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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/380873/Middle-Ages  [cite]

Columbia:

Middle Ages | Dark Ages

Summary:

period in Western European history that followed the disintegration of the West Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th cent. and lasted into the 15th cent., ...  (26 of 101 words)

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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0833064.html  [cite]

Wiktionary:

Middle Ages

Summary:

[history] The period of time in Europe between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters (the Renaissance) or, according to Henry Hallam, the period beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century.  (38 of 82 words, pronunciation)

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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Middle Ages  [cite]

Encarta:

Middle Ages

Summary:

the period in European history between antiquity and the Italian Renaissance, often considered to be between the end of the Roman Empire in the 5th ...  (25 of 42 words)

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http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary 1861693587/definition.html  [cite]

Random House:

Middle Ages

Summary:

the time in European history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (from about 500a.d. to about 1350): sometimes restricted to the ...  (22 of 38 words)

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http://dictionary.infoplease.com/middle-ages  [cite]

Merriam-Webster:

Middle Ages

Summary:

the period of European history from about a.d. 500 to about 1500  (12 of 21 words)

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle ages  [cite]