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Pojam Srednji vijek ili središnje doba počeo se upotrebljavati tek u 15. stoljeću. Mnogi s<ref>{{Citiranje weba|title=1v1.LOL|url=https://1v1.lol/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=1v1.lol|language=en-us}}</ref> tadašnji učenjaci u doba humanizma proučavali stare antičke spise te grčku i rimsku kulturu, veličali su antička postignuća i smatrali da su stari Grci i Rimljani jedini u povijesti stvorili znanja i umjetnost trajne vrijednosti.
