| EARLYMODERN | Designating the period of European history from the end of the Middle Ages to around 1750 (5,6) |
| RENAISSANCE | The period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages (11) |
| MIDDLEAGES | European history from the late 5th century to about 1350 (6,4) |
| HEIRLOOM | Part of family history from the man I left in kitchen, for example (8) |
| LAPISLAZULI | Semi-precious stone prized since antiquity for its blue color, it was also used in the Middle Ages to make the expensive ultramarine pigment prized by artists (5,6) |
| INTERREGNUM | Period in English history from 1649-60 (11) |
| AGES | Period in European history from around the late 5th-century to about 1100 AD (4,4) |
| DARK | Period in European history from around the late 5th-century to about 1100 AD (4,4) |
| DARKAGES | Period in European history from around the late 5th-century to about 1100 AD |
| MARIAAGNESI | Italian woman appointed professor of mathematics in Bologna in 1750 (5,6) |
| MODERNHISTORY | Study of past events from the end of the Middle Ages onwards (6,7) |
| LITTLEICEAGE | Relatively cool period of European history? |
| CUBIT | Measure from the elbow to the end of the middle finger |
| IRONAGE | Period of European pre-history in which the use of bronze was superseded (4,3) |
| DUCAT | Trade coin used in Europe from the later Middle Ages to the 19th century (5) |
| GREY | Colour whose name has been used since the Middle Ages to describe an overcast sky and later extended to mean 'dismal or sad' |
| CHINA | A period of this country's history from late fourth to late sixth centuries AD is referred to as the Northern and Southern Dynasties (5) |
| MEETS | Encounters that seem to go back to around the end of August (5) |
| TABOR | Small drum used in the Middle Ages to accompany folk-dancing (5) |
| REGENCY | Pertaining to the period in British history from 1811 to 1820 (7) |
