The place name Dover, for instance, derives from a Celtic word for ‘waters’ and the first part of Carlisle stems from a Celtic word for ‘fort’ (cf. These Celtic speakers have left their traces in the toponyms (place names, river names) of present-day England. If we were to go back some 2500 years in time, Britain was inhabited by people who spoke Celtic languages (present-day Welsh and Cornish are among the linguistic descendants of these languages). The Celtic helmet is based on the Waterloo Helmet *map altered slightly on due to misplacement of Carlisle* Traces of Celts and Romans Map with some Celtic and Roman place names. Send us feedback about these examples.What do the English place names Everton, Oxford, Winchester and Whitby have in common? They have all been around for more than a thousand years and their origins and original meanings can shed a unique light on the fascinating early history of England! These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'medieval.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 While there are individual fights to plan, episode six’s epic battle involving humans, elves and orcs, who use swords, bows and arrows, torches and all manner of medieval-looking implements, obviously takes a great deal of planning and practice. Mark Stock and Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 2 Dec. 2022 Make your workout more medieval with this steel mace from Onnit. 2022 Living here gives me easy access to places and experiences important to my intellectual hobbies as well: medieval, Roman, military and early Christian history. 2022 The women appear in profile: a frequent choice for Carpaccio, who favored static composition that can feel timeless, or even a little medieval.
Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 6 July 2020 The show has three sections - medieval, Asian and paleontology - and includes artifacts such as a full-sized Chinese dragon costume and hands-on activities such as a fossil dig. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, The region where Amandola can be found, Le Marche, decided this year to promote cicloturismo-cycling tourism (do yourself a favor: at some point, click this link and escape for 2-minute-48-seconds)-a green, low-impact, pedal-from- medieval-hilltown-to-hilltown message to attract tourists.
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023 But within the larger narrative arc of Empires and Barbarians this was logical, the Slavs were far closer to the relevant action in terms of time and space than the Scandinavians who ravaged early medieval rather than post-Roman societies (where the latter bleeds into the former is up for debate). Noun As long as Mississippi’s social and economic conditions, especially for Black and Hispanic residents, remain mired just this side of medieval, then its isolated effort to improve reading scores will be doomed to failure, and its statistical gains will look not much better than window-dressing. Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020 The robe's significance dates back to medieval times, as the Skinners' Company is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London. 15 Ravenna, close to the Adriatic coast of Emilia-Romagna. 2020 Siena, a medieval hill town in Tuscany, and No. 2020 As an aid to dating the various phases of Kilwa’s history, Chittick relied heavily on the Kilwa Chronicle, a medieval genealogy of the city state’s kings. 2020 The Italian Renaissance brought forth what has been described as a paradigm shift in the European arts and sciences through a retrieval of classical naturalism interwoven within perspectival space, paving the way toward an investigation of reality that moved far beyond medieval models. 2021 In medieval Florence a smith was toiling away in his workshop and singing a poem by Dante. Peter Hammond Schwartz, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2021 Leo vocalized the importance, for the survival of the Catholic Magisterium, of systematic, intellectually rigorous approaches to philosophy and theology characteristic of medieval scholasticism. 2021 Alchemy, the magical medieval proto-science, came into vogue in the Western world in the 12th and 13th centuries, when the texts of the Greek and Arab philosophers were translated into Latin and European scholars finally got wind of these ancient ideas. Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. Adjective Wittingly or unwittingly, the prosecution alluded to the medieval role of the juror.
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