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the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (roughly 500-1450 AD)
- 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
- 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
There are no more uses of "Middle Ages" in 1984 by Orwell.
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