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What are three characteristics that started the Dark Ages?

Of course, the Dark Ages also refers to a less-than-heroic time in history supposedly marked by a dearth of culture and arts, a bad economy, worse living conditions and the relative absence of new technology and scientific advances.

When did Dark Ages begin?

476 AD – 1000 AD
Early Middle Ages/Periods

How much power did the pope have in the Middle Ages?

During the medieval times, the medieval pope enjoyed a position of supreme power and was even more powerful than medieval kings. He could issue orders to the medieval kings and excommunicate them from the Church. The pope decided on the official doctrines of the Church and clarified the disputing issues.

What was the real cause of the Dark Ages?

there is a collapse of central government (Rome),

lack of infrastructure maintenance-making international travel and trade more difficult and dangerous-,

a rise of violence as smaller groups and states ensured a near constant state of conflict in areas which had previously enjoyed centuries of peacefulness,and

What is exactly triggered the Dark Ages?

Generally, the Dark Ages referred to the period of time ushered in by the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This took place when the last Western emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by Odoacer, a barbarian. AD 476 was the time of this event.

What are some ‘dark facts’ about the Dark Ages?

Shadows of the Empires. The origin of the term “Dark Ages” is itself a little murky in the historical record,but typically it was used in contrast to the praise

Art in Darkness. But Gautier points to notable exceptions.

Dark Economy.

Barbarian Science.

Why were the Dark Ages considered “dark”?

The earlier historians consider the Medieval Period the Dark Ages cause they were influenced by the iluminist thinking and by the hard-to-find primary sources. Also, it’s part of an marxist militancy that ignore all the rational things of that age, just because they were made by the church.