Definition of Dark ages

1. Noun. The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance.


Definition of Dark ages

1. Proper noun. The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 (C.E.). ¹

2. Proper noun. (humorous) The time before the Internet was popular. ¹

3. Proper noun. (figuratively) Any relatively primitive period of time. ¹

4. Noun. (alternative form of Dark Ages) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dark Ages

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Daria
Darian
Daricon
Darien
Darier
Darier's disease
Darier's sign
Darin
Darius
Darius I
Darius III
Darius Milhaud
Darius the Great
Dark Ages
Dark Continent
Darkinjung
Darkschewitsch
Darla
Darlene
Darling
Darling's disease
Darling River
Darlington
Darlington amplifier
Darlington amplifiers
Darlingtonia californica
Darmera
Darmera peltata

Literary usage of Dark ages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"dark ages with man, and he has settled from all eternity what is going to happen to ... dark ages Patristic philosophy reached its climax in the system of ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"During the ensuing dark ages there was no organized poor-relief by either Church or State. The dictum that the property of the Church was the possession of ..."

3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1822)
"... of new Languages— General Ignorance of the dark ages—Scarcity of Books—Causes that prevented the total extinction of Learning—Prevalence of Superstition ..."

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