keskiaikaiset
Keskiaikaiset is a Finnish adjective in plural form derived from keskiaika, meaning "the Middle Ages". As an adjective it translates to "medieval" or "mediaeval" in English and is used to describe people, objects, buildings, texts and cultural phenomena associated with the medieval period. Grammatically, keskiaikaiset is the nominative plural form of keskiaikainen and commonly modifies plural nouns (for example keskiaikaiset kirkot — medieval churches). It can also function substantively to refer collectively to medieval people or things.
The term situates subjects within a broad historical era that in European historiography is conventionally placed
Keskiaikaiset appears in academic, museum and popular contexts when classifying architecture, artifacts, manuscripts, legal texts and