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- proper noun The period of
European history , between theEarly Middle Ages and theLate Middle Ages , that saw great social and political change.
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Examples
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Only in the field of art did the Renaissance surpass the Medieval, though already Giotto di Bondone had begun that development in the High Middle Ages.
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This link between Jewish and Christian women is especially important for assessing Jewish-Christian relations in the High Middle Ages.
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Good point about the rise of combined arms with specialist units in the High Middle Ages.
Bowmen in medieval Wales Carla 2009
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The material and legal condition of women absolutely and as it compared with the material condition of men were generally much better in the Early and High Middle Ages than they were in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
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Mail (also referred to as maille, chain maille or chainmaille) was a type of Armour used prominently throughout the Dark Ages, High Middle Ages and Renaissance, and reached its apex in Europe, in terms of coverage, during the 13th century, when mail covered the whole body.
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Given the fact that within the effective theocracy that was Europe in the High Middle Ages to say that all the scientists were Christians is utterly meaningless.
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The Catholic Church, as we know it, is also largely a product of the High Middle Ages, it claims continuity and roots that go back to St. Peter but in reality the body that now exist was largely determined in the 11th and 12th centuries as a powerful central political organisation.
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Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), writing in the 19th century, claimed that the scientific revolution had not taken place in the 17th century but in the High Middle Ages.
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People don't realize that the power of Venice in the High Middle Ages was based upon the fact that they had their own bank.
Dandelion Salad 2008
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People don't realize that the power of Venice in the High Middle Ages was based upon the fact that they had their own bank.
Dandelion Salad 2008
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