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 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