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The concept of the \"Dark Ages\"
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02-26-2014, 05:22 AM
I realise that historians today normally don't consider the Early Middle Ages as being "dark," or a time of ignorance and superstition. But I am interested in when this idea was popular, and which historians were strong proponents of it. Through JSTOR I found Mommsen's essay "Petrarch's Conception of the Dark Ages," but does anyone else have any other suggestions? Do you know who considered these times to be the "Dark Ages" and when this thinking was popular?
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The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Epictetus - 02-26-2014, 05:22 AM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Urselius - 02-26-2014, 10:52 AM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by richard - 02-26-2014, 12:45 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Lyceum - 02-26-2014, 01:49 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Diocle - 02-26-2014, 02:16 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Nathan Ross - 02-26-2014, 03:21 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Diocle - 02-26-2014, 06:48 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Epictetus - 02-27-2014, 05:09 AM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Tim - 04-14-2014, 03:37 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Alanus - 04-27-2014, 02:29 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Dan Howard - 03-03-2014, 09:56 PM
The concept of the \"Dark Ages\" - by Olaf - 03-04-2014, 03:15 AM

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