Originally posted by queeq
Wasn't the term 'Dark Ages' not introduced in the Renaissance, when people went back to the classics in Roman and Greek times? From that point of view it's not so odd that the time in between was considered 'backwards' because the Renaissance was considered as a new era, returning to one ages ago. Ergo, medieval times may have felt like 'dark ages', Which I don't think they were.
I heard the same
They went back to classics and pretended that God-oriented Maedieval people were handicapped..