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medieval vs. Middle Ages

medieval

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages.

    medieval architecture.

  2. Informal.,  extremely old-fashioned; primitive.

Middle Ages

plural noun

  1. the time in European history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (from about 500 a.d. to about 1350): sometimes restricted to the later part of this period (after 1100) and sometimes extended to 1450 or 1500.