medieval
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The imperial capital was a shadow of its former self, its population perhaps 30,000, down from a medieval peak nearly 10 times that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Its setting is much older, a version of medieval Japan where humans are crafting iron into firearms and beasts can talk, but nobody wants to listen to each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
At either end of the room: a large cast-stone fireplace and a hand-painted opera balcony — the latter, a Neff riff on medieval churches, along with those columns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The early medieval masterpiece, which tells the story of the events leading up to 1066 and the Norman Conquest, is being checked over by French and British conservators ahead of going on display in September.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Impetus theory was used to handle some anomalies, not to bring about a revolution; indeed, medieval natural philosophers were incapable of imagining a revolution that would supplant Aristotle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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