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    The Dark Ages is a term for the Early Middle Ages, or occasionally the entire Middle Ages, in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which characterises it as marked by economic, intellectual, and cultural decline. The concept of a "Dark Age" as a historiographical periodization originated in the 1330s with the Italian scholar Petrarch, who regarded the post-Roman centuries as "dark" compared to the "light" of classical antiquity. The term employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery to contrast the era's supposed darkness with earlier and later periods of light. The phrase Dark Age itself derives from the Latin saeculum obscurum, originally applied by Caesar Baronius in 1602 when he referred to a tumultuous period in the 10th and 11th centuries. Wikipedia

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    The Dark Ages is a term for the Early Middle Ages (c. 5th -10th centuries), or occasionally the entire Middle Ages (c. 5th -15th centuries), in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which characterises it as marked by economic, intellectual, and cultural decline.
  3. historyhit.com

    The 'Dark Ages' were between the 5th and 14th centuries, lasting 900 years. The timeline falls between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. It has been called the 'Dark Ages' because many suggest that this period saw little scientific and cultural advancement. However, the term doesn't stand up to much scrutiny - and ...
  4. britannica.com

    The term "Dark Ages" is now rarely used by historians because of the value judgment it implies. Though sometimes taken to derive its meaning from the dearth of information about the period, the term's more usual and pejorative sense is of a period of intellectual darkness and barbarity. See Middle Ages; Germanic peoples.
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. newworldencyclopedia.org

    In historiography the phrase the Dark Ages (or Dark Age) is most commonly known in relation to the European Early Middle Ages (from about 476 C.E. to about 1000 C.E.).. This concept of a "Dark Age" was first created by Italian humanists and was originally intended as a sweeping criticism of the character of Vulgar Latin (Late Latin) literature. Later historians expanded the term to include not ...
  6. The Dark Ages were not a time of total ignorance and chaos, but a period of cultural and scientific achievements in Europe and the Islamic world. Learn how the Church, monasticism, agriculture, and the Carolingian Renaissance shaped the Early Middle Ages.
    Author:Sarah Pruitt
  7. havefunwithhistory.com

    Sep 7, 2023Learn about the key events and developments in the period of European history that followed the fall of the Western Roman Empire and lasted until the Renaissance. Explore the migration, cultural revival, religious wars, and artistic achievements of the Dark Ages.
  8. havefunwithhistory.com

    Sep 7, 2023The Dark Ages, also known as the Early Middle Ages, emerged in the wake of the Western Roman Empire's disintegration in the 5th century. This pivotal event, often attributed to a combination of internal decay, external invasions by barbarian groups, and economic instability, led to the collapse of Roman authority in Western Europe. ...
  9. doom.bethesda.net

    DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story of the DOOM Slayer's rage. In this third installment of the modern DOOM series, players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell. ...
  10. historyskills.com

    "Dark Ages," a term that has intrigued and puzzled scholars, historians, and enthusiasts for centuries. It is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, specifically the Early Middle Ages, spanning roughly from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD to the 10th or 11th century. It's a period often depicted as a time of social regression, cultural stagnation ...

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