Milesius wrote:The dark ages were caused by barbarian invasions, not Christianity.
More the abatement of the cities, really, if the concept of a "dark age" must be used at all.
Moreover, Christians are the ones who preserved the learning of antiquity.
The Western Christians mostly preserved patristic Christian texts. The rest were largely burned or forgotten. The learning of classical antiquity was preserved more by Muslims than Christians.
Chap wrote:The concept of a 'Dark Ages' is of course based on a view of history that centers on the Latin West, and neglects the Eastern Roman empire that continued for long after the deposition of the last of emperor of the Western Empire. Many historians nowadays prefer not to use it at all. It also neglects the Islamic world as a contributor to human intellectual culture.
I was just about to post that I can't believe anyone here still believes in a thing called "the Dark Ages" when Chap wrote this. Good on you, Chap.
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"It seems to me that these women were the head (κεφάλαιον) of the church which was at Philippi." ~ John Chrysostom, Homilies on Philippians 13
Milesius wrote:The dark ages were caused by barbarian invasions, not Christianity.
More the abatement of the cities, really, if the concept of a "dark age" must be used at all.
Moreover, Christians are the ones who preserved the learning of antiquity.
The Western Christians mostly preserved patristic Christian texts. The rest were largely burned or forgotten. The learning of classical antiquity was preserved more by Muslims than Christians.
That is nonsense. From whom do you think the Muslims obtained the texts? The angel Jibreel?
