I’ll paste in below a bit from the dictionary, but please feel encouraged to take a look at it on your own. We used the Oxford English Dictionary to look at the history of the use of the word. ![]() Your question goes to the evolution of the term. Is there a way to trace when both were first used? Is there a book on the origins of words or something to explain why they are both used? I am guessing, because it is Latin, medieval is an older word. I am still a bit confused as these words come from different languages. Thank you for your response to my question. to 1492 A.D., dates similar to those cited in the World Book Encyclopedia and the American Heritage Dictionary, above. The book also contains a Chronology of Medieval History, covering the years 410 A.D. Bunson uses the two terms interchangably in the introduction. The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, by Matthew E. The Middle Ages are also called the medieval period from the Latin words medium(middle) and aevum (age).”įrom the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, 2000: “Middle Ages–The period in European History between antiquity and the Renaissance, often dated from A.D. ![]() 13: “Middle Ages is a term that describes the period in European history from about the 400s through the 1400s. There is no difference in meaning or in the time period covered between the terms “medieval” or “middle ages.” Here are two definitions of the period:įrom the World Book Encyclopedia, 2009 edition, vol. I was under the impression that medieval is earlier than middle ages, the year 1000 maybe, and middle ages is closer to the Renaissance. Could you clarify the difference between the “medieval” and “middle ages”? Are they related or do they represent two different time periods? I am writing a paper and I am not sure what to use.
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