The period from about 1000 to 1400 in which global temperatures are thought to have been a few degrees warmer than those of the preceding and following periods. The climatic effects of this period were confined primarily to Europe and North America. Also called Medieval Warm Epoch
me·di·eval in BRIT, also use mediaeval Something that is medieval relates to or was made in the period of European history between the end of the Roman Empire in 476 AD and about 1500 AD. a medieval castle. the medieval chroniclers
as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times
the historical period from roughly the 5th to 14th century, a time when the church was in control of society Once labeled the "Dark Ages," it is now recognized that much innovation occurred during this period without stifling Europe in the way many older writers had pictured