Midwifery, Nursing, and Obstetrics Manuscript Collections at NLM: A Subject Guide. Click the numbered link(s) and be directed to the collection description associated with each term.
the middle ages- the time in European history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (from about 500 a.d. to about 1350): sometimes restricted to the later part of this period (after 1100) and sometimes extended to 1450 or 1500.
home timelines the middle ages timeline the middle ages timeline timeline description the middle ages was the time after the fall of the roman empire up to the time of the renaissance also known as the dark ages it was originally thought that this period of instability had no contributions to the world however without the middle ages we would have no gothic design no stained glass windows in churches no illuminated manuscripts and no sense of chivalry