Dark Ages (historiography)

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Dark Ages (historiography)
Dark Ages is a term of historical periodization traditionally meaning the Middle Ages It emphasizes the demographic, cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire12 The label employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery to contrast the "darkness" of the period with earlier and later periods of "light"3 The period is characterized by a relative scarcity of historical and other written records at least for some areas of Europe, rendering it obscure to historians
The term once characterized the majority of the Middle Ages, or roughly the 6th to 14th centuries, as a period of intellectual darkness between extinguishing the "light of Rome" after the end of Late Antiquity, and the rise of the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century34 This definition is still sometimes found in popular use,125 but increased recognition of the accomplishments during the Middle Ages has led to the labels being restricted in application Since the 20th century, it is frequently applied to the earlier part of the eradark ages historiography of the cold, dark ages historiography define, dark ages historiography example, dark ages historiography paper Dark Ages (historiography)