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medieval

[mee-dee-ee-vuhl, med-ee-, mid-ee-, mid-ee-vuhl] / ˌmi diˈi vəl, ˌmɛd i-, ˌmɪd i-, mɪdˈi vəl /


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It lay on the medieval spice route between Asia, the Middle East and Europe, and its strategic position made it a target for colonial occupation, most importantly by Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But Christendom most accurately captures the spirit of the idea: organizing the world along medieval civilizational lines.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

To ordinary churchgoers, the God of medieval imagination appeared distant and inscrutable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It is the 1594 printed edition of a work by the 13th-century historian Snorri Sturluson, and tells medieval stories of Viking kings, queens, farmers and warriors.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

But as he was taken up in the universities of medieval and Renaissance Europe his works became a textbook of acquired knowledge, not a project to provoke further enquiry.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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