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The phrase "Dark Ages" is from Latin "saeculum obscurum", which was coined by Italian historian Caesar Baronius in 1602. (Baronius, Caesar. "Annales Ecclesiastici", Vol. X. Roma, 1602, p. 647.) He was referring to the tenth century and to the lack of documents that have survived from that time. Modern scholar use the phrase to refer to the 500 to 1000 period, or Early Middle Ages. There was a drop in agricultural production and the cities became very small. Classical learning was lost in Western Europe and subsistence agriculture was the norm.
The term "Dark Ages" has been obsolete and out of use since the 1970s. No historian ever uses that term any more. It was never used to describe the whole of the Middle Ages - that is an entirely false idea.
It used to be applied to the period between the collapse of the western Roman Empire and 1066, on the basis that so little was known about that era (due to an acute shortage of documentary and archaeological evidence) that it was "dark" in the sense of mysterious and unknown.
After the mid-1970s more intensive and scientific archaeological techniques meant that more information on the period became available, more finds were made and better knowledge of the period became widespread. The period then became known as the Saxon/Viking era.
Up until very recently this Saxon/Viking era was not included with the Middle Ages, but was treated as completely separate - in Scandinavian countries (where the Vikings originated) it still is so treated today. Today it has become fashionable to include the Saxon/Viking era with the medieval period - some people use the term "Early Medieval".
Many historians, however, still begin the medieval era in 1066 and treat the Saxon/Viking period as separate; others begin the medieval period with the collapse of the western Roman Empire. There is definitely no agreement on this point.
But there is agreement that "Dark Ages" is a term long abandoned and forgotten.
Compared to the Roman Empire which preceded the Dark Ages, or compared to the renaissance which followed the Dark Ages, we find relatively little progress in terms of art, science, political systems, or other innovations during the Dark Ages. During that period of history, most people were concerned only with religious issues, and devoted little thought to anything else. And the religion tended toward fanaticism and intolerance, so that wasn't very enlightening either.
The fall of the Western Empire to the Goths, Vandals, Franks, Bulgars and others destroyed the civilising control of the Romans, with a loss of culture which blotted out the benefits of Roman control and civilisation. Some was retained on the fringes by Arabian regimes, particularly in Spain and Baghdad, which provided the seeds of revival in the later Middle ages.
After the fall of the Mycenaean civilisation in the 12th Century BCE the civilisation had fallen apart and culture dwindled until Greek culture exploded in the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE.
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Who invented the dark ages?
Who was the leader of the dark ages
What is the name of the 1000 year period after the fall of Rome?
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What is the period following the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?
The period in time that followed the dominance of the Minoans and Myceneans was called the Dark Ages.
How dark were the dark ages?
So dark you would not be able to see
Compare and contrast golden ages to the dark ages?
Golden Ages were when a Kingdom was at it's best, like for example, large expansion and conquering or when they really aspired in the arts. Dark Ages were ones of terror and fear, like In the dark age on the Middle Ages, there was a lot of killing and war. Sorry if I got kind of boring. :-)
What was period between the fall of rome and the renaissance called?
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What period of history began in Europe with the collapse of the Roman Empire?
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Why was it called the dark ages in Greece?
It wasn't. The dark ages began after the fall of the Roman Empire
What are the ages between the fall of Rome and 1500 AD are called?
the dark ages
What was Spain called in the Dark Ages?
During the so-called Dark Ages, Spain was a bunch of independent kingdoms (countries) each with its own name. Some of them included:CastillaLeonEstremaduraNavarreValenciaAragon
When and why did the dark age occur in ancient grecce?
There were two times called Dark Ages associated with Greece. The first was the Greek Dark Ages, which lasted from 1200 to 800 BC. The other was a period in the Early Middle Ages lasting from about 630 to 800 AD. This is a time in the Early Middle Ages, or Dark Ages, that is sometimes referred to as the Byzantine Dark Ages.
What were the dark ages abot?
The dark ages refers to the time from the fall of the Roman Empire to Charlemagne being named the Holy Roman Emperor. It was called the dark ages because not much history was recorded in that time.
What is the time period called which begins with the fall and ends with the reformation?
The Dark Ages or the Middle Ages
What were the periods between 400 A.D. to 1500 A.D. called?
The "dark" ages and the "middle" ages.
What was the rebirth of art and literature after the dark ages called?
Renaissance
What is the third period of the middle ages called?
The third period of the Middle Ages was the Late Middle Ages. The first is called the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Age. The second period was the High Middle Ages.
Did the middles ages begin when the roman empire collapsed?
At the end of the Roman Empire the next stage is called the Dark Ages. 500 to 1500 AD. Then the Middle Ages (Medieval) followed by the Rennaisance which is the coming out of the dark ages.
