alt Hacker News“Dark” as opposed to “enlightened.” It was a dark time for knowledge and education.
I mean, IMO - that’s how I’ve always understood it.
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drewcoo • last Wednesday at 11:27 PM
This. It was a retconning of history by "enlightenment" scholars.
“Dark” as opposed to “enlightened.” It was a dark time for knowledge and education.
I mean, IMO - that’s how I’ve always understood it.
This. It was a retconning of history by "enlightenment" scholars.
Yes, that's the reason the early Middle Ages are called the Dark Ages (Petrarch is credited with this name), but it is simplistic.