Episode 82: What Makes the Dark Ages ‘Dark’?

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Eleanor Janega Going Medieval Blog

• https://going-medieval.com/2020/07/02/if-youre-going-to-talk-about-the-dark-ages-you-had-better-be-right/

• https://going-medieval.com/2017/05/26/theres-no-such-thing-as-the-dark-ages-but-ok/

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