All 3 Uses of
Middle Ages
in
1984, by Orwell
- Anything large and impressive, if it was reasonably new in appearance, was automatically claimed as having been built since the Revolution, while anything that was obviously of earlier date was ascribed to some dim period called the Middle Ages.†
p. 98.7 *Middle Ages = the period of European history beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire and ending with the Modern Era (roughly 500-1500 AD)
- Even the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages was tolerant by modern standards.†
p. 205.8
- In the Middle Ages there was the Inquisition.†
p. 253.7
Definition:
the period of European history beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire and followed by the Renaissance (roughly 500-1500 AD)
Often thought of as a time of instability, superstition, plagues, feudal lords, and knighthood.