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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 5296272, member: 10461"]Yes. That’s why I put so-called “Dark Age” in quotes. The phrase is not without some baggage- it is overly Eurocentric, as you you suggest, and not entirely historically accurate. Which I believe is why it has seemingly fallen out of favor in recent decades, at least in academia.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I still use it because it’s colorful, and a handy shorthand term for the era.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 5296272, member: 10461"]Yes. That’s why I put so-called “Dark Age” in quotes. The phrase is not without some baggage- it is overly Eurocentric, as you you suggest, and not entirely historically accurate. Which I believe is why it has seemingly fallen out of favor in recent decades, at least in academia. However, I still use it because it’s colorful, and a handy shorthand term for the era.[/QUOTE]
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