Care of the woman and her family during labor and birth is. a rewarding yet demanding specialty within nursing. The. birth of a baby is more than a physical event. Birth has deep. personal and social signiï¬cance for the family, whose roles. and relationships are forever altered by this event.
The Dark Ages is a term often used synonymously with the Middle Ages. It refers to the period of time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.
Dark Ages Terms. 1  Dark Ages: Another term for the middle ages; the period of time between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. 2  Feudalism: A system of labor that hindered upward social mobility. 3  Bubonic Plague: A plague that devastated Europe in the late 1340s and early 1350s.