Dark Ages

dark age

n.1. Dark Agesa. The period in Europe from the fall of Rome in the fifth century ad to the restoration of relative political stability around the year 1000; the early part of the Middle Ages.b. The entire Middle Ages, especially when viewed as a troubled period marked by the loss of classical learning. No longer in use by historians.2. often dark agesa. An era of ignorance, superstition, or social chaos or repression: a novel depicting the dark ages in the aftermath of a global war.b. The early or crude stage in the history or development of something: back in the dark ages of radio technology.3. Dark Ages The period in the history of the universe, roughly the second 500 million years according to current cosmological models, when all matter was in the form of neutral hydrogen and helium atoms, but no stars or galaxies had formed.

Dark Ages

pl n 1. (Historical Terms) the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period 2. (Historical Terms) (occasionally) the whole medieval period

Dark′ Ag′es

n. 1. the period in European history from about A.D. 476 to about 1000. 2. the whole of the Middle Ages, from about A.D. 476 to the Renaissance. 3. (often l.c.) a period or stage marked by repressiveness, a lack of advanced knowledge, etc. [1720–30]

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Dark Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian RenaissanceMiddle Agesbloodletting - formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)cannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the armchain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, mail - (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal ringshabergeon - (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberkminiature, illumination - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)pavis, pavise - (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent positionhumour, humor - (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"Cockaigne - (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idlenesscourtly love - (Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for loversknight errantry - (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalrytrivium - (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquencequadrivium - (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomyOberson - (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folkloreTitania - (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folkloreesquire - (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthoodpalsgrave, palatine - (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his landsTristan, Tristram - (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each otherIseult, Isolde - (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each otherhelot, serf, villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lordhistory - the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"

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