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... > contexts > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > history of divorce and marriage > middle ages
... > contexts > population characteristics > health > public health > epidemiologic measurements > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > history of divorce and marriage > middle ages
... > contexts > population characteristics > demography > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > history of divorce and marriage > middle ages
... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > family characteristics > marital status > divorce > cultural sociology of divorce > history of divorce and marriage > middle ages

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middle ages  

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  • The loosely defined archaeological and historical period from the end of the roman period to the renaissance of the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. In Britain, one narrower definition places the Middle Ages between the Norman Conquest (AD 1066) and the dissolution of the monasteries (AD 1540s). [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; Middle Ages]

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