Well, actually, the “dark ages” are considered bo be 476-800, from the fall of Italian Rome to Charmalagne. The plague actually occurred in the late middle ages, which are usually considered to be 1300 - 1500.
Sorry to be pedantic, but the 1350s was *NOT* the ‘dark ages’ - which were called such because of the extreme lack of historical records following the dissolution of Western Rome.
Thank you for pointing this out. You weren’t pedantic to point out a discrepancy of hundreds of years.
My interest in art history alone had me going wh-a-a-at ? dark ages in the 14th Century? I don’t think so.