[allmendream]

The “glorious middle” was not so glorious to the people who had to live through it. They knew things were not as good as they once were, thus when things started getting better it was not a “birth” it was a “re-birth” or “Renaissance”.

As far as studying history I do admit that the 12th and 13th Centuries is probably my favorite.

[maryz]

The Dark Ages May Have Really Been Dimmer . . .

Some literary historians count the 12th-13th centuries as really the beginning of the Renaissance, definitely in Italy, but also in England.