Labels:book | bulletin board | jotter | person | sky OCR: Middle AT ges The Middle Ages was period 1T European history commencing with the fall of the Roman Empire the 5th century and ending with the dawn of the Renaissance in the 4th century Two powers dominated during this period: the Church and the feudal system The period generally considered one of intellectual dormancy when learning n secular matters was discouraged and scholars were cut off from the classical Greek and Roman sources. Europear 14th