What does the word medieval mean?

Answer 1

Outside the context of European history the division of history into Ancient, Medieval and Modern does not make much sense. Medieval usually refers to the period of European history between the Dark Ages (the Age of the Saints) and the Renaissance (the New Learning).

There are no hard and fast dates for the beginning or end of the period (most scholars agree that the important changes happened at different times in different countries) but most writers would agree that by the coronation of Charlemagne (Christmas Day 800) the Medieval period has begun, and that by the time of Columbus' expedition to the Americas (1492) the Medieval period has been succeeded by the Renaissance. Many include the whole timespan between the end of the Roman Empire in the West (476) and the Renaissance.

Answer 2

Middle Ages...

The Middle Ages were the times... of kings... queens.. and crusades...

the were the times from when The Bible ends to... when Marco polo began his adventures to Asia.

Answer 3

The Middle Ages are the period from the fall of classical civilization in Western Europe and the rise of the renaissance. Some people put specific dates on these events, such as the fall of Rome in 410 AD as a start and the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453. Another start date sometimes cited is 476, which is the date Romulus Augustus, the last Western Roman Emerperor abdicated These dates are quite arbitrary, however, and historical ages represent general patterns and conditions over time. A rough approximation would be to include the period between 500 and 1500 AD.

Within this wide frame there were many cultural and political changes, and historians further divide the period into the early (500-1000) High (1000-1300) and late (1300-1500) middle ages.

Answer 4

Medieval literally means "middle age", because it is between ancient western history (Rome, Carthage, Gaul etc) and modern western history (The renaissance and beyond). It became a trend at the start of the 15th century since many scholars of the time believed they were living in a new age

Answer 5

Medieval history is the history of what is also known as the Middle Ages, from about 450 AD to 1450 AD.

Answer 6

it means it was in like the 16 hundreds

when king Henry the 8th was around

Answer 7

Generally the years 1100 to 1500 approx, but some take it as far back as 800 or 600.

Answer 8

edievel is like the middle ages filled with princesses,kings,queens,knights and all those things.