History Revisited - Middle Ages in Europe

History Revisited - Middle Ages in Europe

The middle ages in Europe, a period of time from approximately A.D 500 to 1400, have been referred to by a variety of terms, The 'Middle Ages' are called this because it is the time between the fall of Imperial Rome and the beginning of the Early modern Europe. This period of time is also known as the Medieval Age, the Dark Ages (Because of the fall of education) or the Age of Faith (because of the rise of Christianity). To be exact, the term "Dark Ages" refer only to very early period, from 476 to 800 (coronation of Charlemagne). The medieval era began with the destruction of the Roman Empire and the disorder that fallowed, which led to the rise of Feudalism. During this period of Darkness, the Roman Catholic Church provided spiritual direction as well as many nonreligious functions for the people of the times. Many literary, artistic, and architectural advances occurred.

Dark Age or Dark Ages is a term in historiography referring to a period of cultural decline or societal collapse that took place in Western Europe between the fall of Rome and the eventual recovery of learning. However the ‘Dark Ages’ is inappropriate because the period known as “Dark” only properly encompasses the first coupe of centuries after the former Roman Empire was invaded by the barbarians, they had broken through the ramparts. The Saracen [Moors] invasions have spread in successive waves over the south. (Document 1). And in any case nowadays it is considered inaccurate term to describe even this shorter period. Even at its worst it performed the function of guarding, frequently by accident and chance, the knowledge and treasures of what had come before, but even more it was creative and inventive, and transmitted to later ages great riches of its own (Document 6). Let alone the whole of the Middle Ages, which as certainly not dark and was in fact an age of culture and learning.

Romans in Europe returned to their homeland leaving European lands without organization and the...

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