Both Uses of
medieval
in
The Mill on the Floss
- I care for painting and music; I care for classic literature, and mediaeval literature, and modern literature; I flutter all ways, and fly in none.†
Chpt 5.3 *
- Nothing short of having your heads served up in a dish like that mediaeval tenor or troubadour, would prevent you from expressing your entire resignation.†
Chpt 6.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(medieval) relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
(the period of European history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance -- roughly 500–1500 AD)Often thought of as a time of instability, superstition, plagues, feudal lords, and knighthood. -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, medieval may be used to refer to something as old-fashioned and unenlightened.