If they weren't "dark" why were they called the Dark Ages?
This is interesting but certainly not the way we learned about it in school. And certainly not the way most churches teach it.
https://www.history.com/news/6-reasons-the-dark-ages-werent-so-dark
Here's more:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/just-how-dark-were-the-dark-ages
This is interesting stuff!
A government which robs Peter to
pay Paul can always depend on
the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw