ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Ages, the medieval period of European history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance, are sometimes referred to as the “Dark Ages."

Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle Ages are also called the medieval period from the Latin words medium(middle) and aevum (age).” From 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. 476 to 1453.”