Fill in the Blanks Historians regard the nearly *t_e_s_nd - year period of W__s_e_n European
history between the fall of Rome (year) and the *f_f_e_n__h century
Renaissance as the M_d_le Ages.
The beginning of the Middle Ages is often called the D Age in Western Europe.
B_r_a_i_n armies overran land once controlled by the Romans. Additionally, there
were terrible periods of great h__n _er, and people faced widespread d_s__a__e
because they had little understanding of h__g_e_e. Poor farmers lived on the
e_tt s of nobles in a *f__u_al society. Peasants saw few opportunities for social
a_v_n_e__e___t: the life of a poor farmer was likely to be exactly the same as his
p__r__n___s' and g__a__d__a__e_ts' lives,
Many people relied on their devout faith in c_r__s_i_ni_y during the Middle Ages