Middle Ages, period of history between 476 A.D. and the beginning of the Renaissance, period of time between ancient times and modern times
This article is about the term "dark age(s)" as a characterization of the (Early) Middle Ages in Europe. For the period itself, see
Middle Ages and
Early Middle Ages. For other uses of the phrase see
Dark Ages (disambiguation) In European
historiography, the term Dark Ages or Dark Age refers to the
Early Middle Ages, the period encompassing (roughly)
476 AD to
1000 AD.This concept of a dark age was created by the Italian scholar Petrarch (
Francesco Petrarca) in the
1330s, and was originally intended as a sweeping criticism of the character of
Late Latin literature. Later historians expanded the term to refer to the transitional period between
Classical Roman Antiquity and the
High Middle Ages, including not only the lack of Latin literature, but also a lack of contemporary
written history, general demographic decline, limited building activity and material cultural achievements in general (for example, as shown in the impoverishment of a number of technologies, e.g. in
pottery).
Popular culture has further expanded on the term as a vehicle to depict the Middle Ages as a time of backwardness, extending its
pejorative use and expanding its scope.
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