02-26-2014, 10:52 AM
I think it is still a useful phrase, as long as it is understood to refer to different time periods in different areas.
Pretty much anything written before about 1980 used the 'Dark Ages' as a term that was generally understood. 'Late Antiquity' became increasingly popular from the 1960s onwards. Pesonally I think the reasoning behind dropping the Dark Ages as a useful bit of shorthand are rather specious.
Pretty much anything written before about 1980 used the 'Dark Ages' as a term that was generally understood. 'Late Antiquity' became increasingly popular from the 1960s onwards. Pesonally I think the reasoning behind dropping the Dark Ages as a useful bit of shorthand are rather specious.
Martin
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