medieval period

collocation in English

meaningsofmedievalandperiod

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medieval
adjective
uk
/ˌmed.ˈiː.vəl/us
/ˌmed.iˈiː.vəl/
related to the Middle Ages (= the period in European history from about AD 600 to ...
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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition ofmedievalandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both strands continue into themedievalperiod.
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An introduction to theology in themedievalperiod.
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A number of factors in varying degrees assisted in the process during the earlymedievalperiod.
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That was in sharp contrast to their position in themedievalperiod.
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In themedievalperiod, grammar acquired a curious additional sense that has now been lost.
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Lack of growth during much of themedievalperiodfurther deterred speculative building.
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The trend between themedievalperiodand the sixteenth century is less clear.
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The wife's role in ie management carried more weight than in the earlymedievalperiod.
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In the latemedievalperiodvirilocal marriage became the prevalent form of marriage.
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Nonetheless, immigrants to towns in themedievalperioddid not lack social resources.
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By the end of themedievalperiod, even some commoner households had begun to assume this character.
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Recent studies place the emergence of the ie in the late eleventh century, the beginning of themedievalperiod.
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But his work on themedievalperiodis often considerably at variance with the more recent thoughts of historians.
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There is no doubt at all that the condition of women today stems directly from the latemedievalperiod.
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Definitions must incorporate the persistence of the previous notions of suburbs, those stretching back to themedievalperiod.
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Beginning with the classical world, archaeology extended its interests into prehistory and later into themedievalperiod.
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Far more detailed discussion charts the changing nature of the city from the latermedievalperiodonwards.
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The wife's role was highly regarded in themedievalperiod, but its details have yet to be fully examined.
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This occurred in the latemedievalperiodwhen heavy armour was abandoned as a result of the introduction of gunpowder.
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We would lose sight of this aspect if we overestimated the functions that it had attained in themedievalperiod.
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The advantage of concentrating the investigation on the latemedievalperiodis that both written and material evidence is especially plentiful.
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These hospitals emerged in themedievalperiod, forging links with the city's politically powerful classes as they evolved, to acquire more hospital property.
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One thing is clear: the latemedievalperiod, compared with earlier times, has a direct bearing on modern times, on society today.
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Since themedievalperiod, midwifery had ranked high as a profession because of the midwives' valuable role in facilitating the process of birth.
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