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[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just read the wikipedia list of common misconceptions

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Middle Ages were not "a time of ignorance, barbarism and superstition"; the Church did not place religious authority over personal experience and rational activity;

Like hell it didn't.

and the term "Dark Ages" is rejected by modern historians

Because it's a prejudicial term, not because the past isn't fucking shitty.

[–] user134450@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Because it’s a prejudicial term, not because the past isn’t fucking shitty.

If that were true then what do you call the classical age? The darker ages?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We generally say 'Antiquity' and 'Late Antiquity' anymore.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Ooh present-tense anymore! Really don't see that very often, but it's got a nice ring to it

Edit: it's a positive anymore not present-tense. Thank you @oktux@lemm.ee!

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Can you explain please ? I don't understand their sentence as it is. What's surprising to me isn't the present tense, it's the fact that it isn't negative.

[–] oktux@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks, TIL I learned