Let me astound you by my mastery of trivia. First, the Dark Ages, strictly speaking, is a term devised by English historians to describe the history of Britain during the 6th Century. There is almost no documentation of this times before the Roman Mission reached Britain; what we know comes from Beade. The legend of Arthur is set during this time. Second, there were actually a lot of books availble during the Middle Ages, although they were expensive. Those monks, or whoever, were busy fellows. I have seen a copy of a “Paris” Bible of the 13th Century, a volume about the size of an ordinary Bible today, wriiten in Latin. I was amazed to see a book that looked like a printed Bible. And they were published by the thousands. Every friar in Europe seemed to have had one.
nice post thanks....I love history