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It wasn't. There were no schools or education and 90% of the population couldn't read or write.

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Q: How was the lamp of knowledge kept alive in the dark ages?
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What is another name for the dark ages?

The Dark Ages were a period in post Roman Europe in which the institutions of learning and enlightenment fell away as indigenous populations began to take back their lands from the Romans. Education of children and men were no longer priorities, additionally most of Europe reverted to an oral tradition and writing in this period became more scarce. Skills like writing and record keeping were kept alive by religious men such as monks. The Dark Ages did not last for too long, the rise of Germanic kingdoms in mainland Europe, especially the Franks created large states capable of maintaining institutions and Charlemagne, the great king, began to reinstill the value of education in his Frankish kingdom.


What political trend kept German states separate during the Middle Ages?

because


Why was the Anglo-Saxon period called the dark ages?

The term Dark Ages applies to all of Europe for the period of about 476 to 1000 AD. The Anglo-Saxons, coincidentally, happened to have kingdoms in England at the time. The term Dark Ages is applied to a time when people were not writing much, and presumably not well educated. By convention, the European Dark Ages are regarded as having been the time from the fall of the Roman Empire to about the year 1000 AD. In the case of Britain, the Dark Ages are often regarded as continuing until 1066, because that is a time when there was an important dynastic change. It is pretty easy to argue that Britain had higher levels of education than much of Western Europe during this time. Anglo Saxon schools began opening as soon as the Anglo Saxons were being converted to Christianity. King Alfred the Great had very progressive educational policies, including a goal of a generally available system of education for all of the level of freeman and higher, to be taught in English. Secular poetry was being written in English. Books of history were written by various authors. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was being kept in a variety of places. It is a pretty bad term, because it is descriptive, but does not describe things accurately.


Why was it imperative that scheherazade keep the king entertained?

Scheherazade keep the king entertained by telling him intriguing stories, which it kept her alive for 1,001 nights.


What is the modern myth about bathing in the middle ages?

There is a widespread belief that people did not bathe in the Middle Ages. This myth arises because bathing went out of practice during the Renaissance, when people worried that it was unhealthy and rich people could afford perfume. Since we have a tendency to regard the Renaissance as a period of improvement, we often ascribe anything about it that was unpleasant to the Middle Ages. During most of the Middle Ages, however, people regarded cleanliness as next to godliness, and kept themselves very clean. There is a link below.

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Who kept learning alive in Europe during the Dark Ages?

the christian church.


How did the Greeks keep their history alive during the dark ages?

The Oral tradition kept the history alive.Storytellers retold legends and myths of there past.


What was the impact of monasteries?

They kept learning and history alive during the dark ages and saved many books and ancient scripts by patiently hand copying them to make more books.


Who studied the knowledge when the roman empire declined?

Europe entered the Dark Age. Fortunately Islamic scholars kept much of the knowledge taken up in the Renaissance.


What was the christian church place in society in the dark ages?

Sadly, the church in the Dark Ages sat on God's written words and kept them from the average worshipper. The church had great power and authority then, but shunned higher educational pursuits and reveled in priestly authority.


When was Kept in the Dark created?

Kept in the Dark was created in 1882.


Why are bats kept in dark cages?

in the forest the come out in the dark so they are kept in dark cages


How did the ideas of the philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome get lost for so many yers?

With the collapse of the Roman Empire resulting from the takeover by the incoming peoples from Eurasia, the remnants of learning were kept in the monasteries, but at a very low level. Much of the knowledge was preserved in the more enlightened of the Islamic empires, which filtered back into Europe as it passed its dark ages and emerged from the Middle Ages into the Enlightenment.


How many Christians were killed by Catholics in the Dark Ages?

there were no protestants during the dark ages.....not until the reformation which in England king Henry the 8th was the king during the begining of the reformation. so you answer is 0.


How did the Greek keep their history alive during the dark age?

The Oral tradition kept the history alive.Storytellers retold legends and myths of there past.


What Allied Country had no prior knowledge of the Atomic bomb before it was dropped over Japan?

China was kept completely in the dark about nuclear development.


What are the two kinds of religious institutions that kept learning and books alive in Western Europe during thr Middle Ages?

monasteries and roman catholic church