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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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Copernicus “started, if perhaps unintentionally, the Scientific Revolution” while living in the “mushy transition from the medieval period to the Renaissance.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The time period is vaguely medieval and the accents British, save for Skarsgård, who speaks in a flat, neutral exhale, the sound of breeze riffling through straw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

A spokesperson for the company said: "While we appreciate the medieval spirit, safety must always come first."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

And at the French capital's Notre Dame Cathedral, an AI system has been trained to transcribe 14,600 Latin pages from the church's medieval archives -- a task not dissimilar to code-breaking.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

These five factors help explain the limited success of experimental science in a medieval context.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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