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The Dark Ages Weren’t Really Dark! by The Elephant's Child

February 24, 2016, 6:36 am
Filed under: Architecture, Art, Education, History, Literature, Music, Science/Technology | Tags: Getting History Right, Gothic Cathedrals, Plagues

Medieval, the Dark Ages, a time of plagues and starvation, and gloom. Where did we get those ideas? And what was the real truth? Here’s a little historical correction for us.

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