In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lastit frae the 5t tae the 15t century. It began wi the clyte o the Wastren Roman Empire an merged intae the Renaissance an the Age o Diskivery. The Middle Ages is the middle period o the three tradeetional diveesions o Wastren history: Antiquity, Medieval period, an Modren period. The Medieval period is hitsel subdividit til the Early, the Heich, an the Late Middle Ages.
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