what does tha term midieval mean ? why is its meaning approprate for this time period?
201066
me·di·e·val also me·di·ae·val (mē'dē-ē'vəl, mĕd'ē-, mĭ-dē'vəl) \nadj. also Medieval\nRelating or belonging to the Middle Ages.\nInformal. Old-fashioned; unenlightened: parents with a medieval attitude toward dating.\n[From New Latin medium aevum, the middle age : Latin, neuter of medius, middle + Latin aevum, age.]\n\nme'di·e'val·ly adv. ( http://www.answers.com/medieval&r=67 )\n\nMedieval — The Medieval era is a period spanning from ca. 400 to ca. 1500, also known as the middle ages.\n( http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval )\n\nMediaeval &#92;Me`di*[ae]"val&#92;, a. [L. medius middle + aevum age. See Middle, and Age.]\n\nOf or relating to the Middle Ages; as, medi[ae]val architecture. [Written also medieval.]\n\n\n\nSource: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)\n \n \n \n \n\nMedieval &#92;Me`di*e"val&#92;, Medievalism &#92;Me`di*e"val*ism&#92;, Medievalist &#92;Me`di*e"val*ist&#92; . Same as Medi?val, Medi?valism, etc.\n\nSource: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)\n( http://www.dictionary.net/medieval )
565474
yep....considering that way back in the day, things were documented like they are now...I'd say people are making things up as they go when it comes to certain things in history.
173878
there is no such thing as "midichlorians" and get it out of your head.\nits just a figment of George Lucas' imagination.
150243
There you go again, treating these ancient legends as if they were literally true, in the sense that we hope our newspaper stories are true.  But then, even newspapers generally acknowledge when they have made an error, or said something that was mis-interpreted.  How can you expect an author so long dead as to be a Biblical author to have control over the mis-translations, mis-interpretations and outright distortions of subsequent centuries?  Christians and Jews should count themselves lucky they have any scripture at all.\n\nWell, Jews maybe not so much lucky as proud of their job of preservation, since their religion is centered on protecting the Torah.  Good work, fellas!  (It WAS the fellas, too; they only recently got women involved to any extent.)
7529
Why dont u explain how the word was used in a bit more detail.
207732
Um...  not sure if this is helpful, but there are repeated references to God, however there are still references to fate and wyrd, remnants of the old anglo-saxon relgion.  This is important because it indicates that the culture is in a shift between the two religions and/or that the story dates from the pre-christian era, and has simply been retold for christian audiences.
496585
It is a real word it means 'not mixed'.\nIt is quite a badly written sentance though.
256169
yes, I am intersted. I also have to remember that other writings outside of the Bible aren't always true. If what those "early Christians" wrote doesn't match up Biblically, than I have to choose to reject it. not to say that you can't learn things about the time period and culture from these writings.
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King Arthur really existed, but when you read the story, you will see it`s a legend, so some parts changed. The point is he really existed.
114805
It's not a weird notion.  There is no evidence of a lot of things that transpired during the times of Christ.   Sure the Bible talks about it and is the ONLY accepted history of that time.   I'm inclined to think that the apostles did run with their interpretation of Christ's teachings.   I'm not so sure it was to create an alternate Jewish religion, but an alternate politically correct on of the time.   Jesus didn't come to Earth to have people worship him as God.  That was furthest from his teachings.  His teachings were to show people the way to the Father through his teachings.  Even the perverstion of "The only way to heaven is through Christ."   It simply means that to get to heaven is to be like Christ and follow his teachings.   It does not mean to worship him as God.   Never has, never did, never will.
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It has nothing to do with whether it's "real" (as in reality).  It's comes from the word "rey," which is the latin word for "king."\n\nCenturies ago, all the land was owned by kings, and the peasants lived on the land, which was his estate.  Because it was the king's estate, it was a Royal Estate, or in Latin, "Real" Estate.\n\n\nbtw, back then the word "Real" was pronounced like "Ray - Yahl"   And the word "Estate" was probably something else altogether.  But you know how English is - it's a hodge podge of different languages.\n\nAnd as far as I can tell, the word still exists in the Spanish Language.  "Real" means "Royal."
531525
It is capable of different meanings according to the perception of the answerer. Please make your question more specific.
332512
Dont take it by countries , because in the midevals , europe was more entolerant than the most islamic extremists of nowadays \n e.g: was the crusadors invade palastine for the first time and entered jerusalem for the first time ( the city of peace ) they , by the name of GOD , killed every one alife in the city , even when civilians sheltered in the great musque , crusadors made that musque a lovely big blood bath , where they killed every one alife , years later Saladin entered the same city without killing a soul after it surrendered , and christians lived there after that in peace \n\ne.g 2 : when muslems invade spain , they last there for 800 years , and the christians still live there in peace as christians , nobody was forced to change his religon , but later when qween Ezabella and her huspand took back spain , they evacuate it from every muslim in less that 30 years ( of course by tortue and descrimination - having a koran at home was a crime could be sentenced to death penalty at that time)\n\ndoes that mean that christianity is a violent religion ? and islam is a peaceful one ? of course not ! so what does that mean ?\n\nthat means that the whole thing is a matter of civilizations , the more civilized nations , the more tolerant ones .... \n\nnow lets go to the modern days , the west , and now the far east too , is at it's peak of civilization , so it can be tolerant with anything , the muslim world is at it's worst days and laying in the bottom of civilization , that's why many of them cant think descent ... they are to blame others about what they are now , and as for there is no hope for being better , an individual violent terrorist efforts came up to face the world , to say we are the solution , and islam is what we stand for , and it ordered us to do so ...\n\nabout countries , countries still tolerant , for example , in Egypt , my country , the biggest billionaire is christian , and the other big ones many of them are christians .... christians work in everything as judges , oficers , minister of commerce is christian, i have christian friends ... etc.\n\nBUT , dont take countries as something to see islam from , because it's a matter of periods , that is the period where muslims are at the bottom , so dont excpect much from them , when christians were not so civilized , i told you what they did .... and new thing , when americans got black ppl from africa , where was there tolerance , those blacks had religions at that time , no body respect those religions , some of them were muslims , but they all were forced to convert ( again: does it mean that christianity is bad because what it's countries or followers do , no , but it was a matter of civilization )\n\nso dont blame islam for what the muslims at that time do , they are at the bottom now , that's all\n\nfor any comment feel fry to write at amgad_he@yahoo.com\n\ni hope that helps
481444
It means that your unconcious is trying to make sense of random facts or things you absorbed those days. But, in mythology, I guess it would mean that you will find your true love and she will leave you forever.
195539
go to the SCA website. they are a group that recreats life in the middle ages. sca stands for society of/for creative achronisms ( or something like that)
482517
The Bible has changed quite a bit over time and by different people.  It would be easy to switch one or two words around and get a completely different meaning.\nI would suggest you try looking at different Bibles and see the differences.  Maybe an older version might not have had that in it.\nThat line sounds to me like Jesus was justifying the Crusade, which I highly doubt he would have.
668718
People are people. Sometimes that means they need to convince themselves there's a reason they were lucky, or that they had some sort of aid to keep them going, or even that all the terrible things that happened in the 'hard times' happened for a reason ("they must have, the world couldn't be that cruel"). People have been using gods or stories about them to explain everything from the weather to lines of succession probably since before recorded history, it's not really surprising some people still need this sort of reinforcement now.