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Dark Ages
noun
- the period in European history from about a.d. 476 to about 1000.
- the whole of the Middle Ages, from about a.d. 476 to the Renaissance.
- (often lowercase) a period or stage marked by repressiveness, a lack of enlightenment or advanced knowledge, etc.
Dark Ages
plural noun
- the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad , once considered an unenlightened period
- (occasionally) the whole medieval period
Dark Ages
- A term sometimes applied to the early Middle Ages , the first few centuries after the Fall of Rome . The term suggests prevailing ignorance and barbarism, but there were forces for culture and enlightenment throughout the period.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Dark Ages1
First recorded in 1720–30
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