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Posted by JayMan on Wed Jan 25 13:44:11 2012, in response to Re: New Blog Post: This one is for SMAZ, LuchAAA, and italianstallion..., posted by AlM on Wed Jan 25 08:49:20 2012. Many historians consider the term "Dark Ages" extremely unfortunate. There was no time after the collapse of the Roman Empire that there weren't numerous centers of learning in Europe. We don't have detailed records of their achievements any more, but we know they existed.Precisely. Would you not think that that is interesting? Most of those learning centers were monasteries, and that is what preserved the vestiges of civilization from earlier eras. There was lots of turmoil during the Dark Ages that that period was aptly named. And if you are using the term in an economic context, it's hard to argue that the average peasant in 1400 was that much better off than the average peasant in 700. Good point, but this is part and parcel to what shaped European history: descent from the upper classes of society. |
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