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Originally Posted by Boanerges
The dark ages my friend were dark indeed.
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When was universities born ? The "Dark Ages".
When was the mechanical clock invented ? The "Dark Ages".
When was Western science born? The "Dark Ages" , inspired by Christian theology.
When was printing press invented ? The "Dark Ages".
When was the beautiful Gothic architecture invented ? The "Dark Ages".
When was "Summa Theologica" written ? The "Dark Ages".
When did stained glass windows first appear in Europe ? The "Dark Ages".
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Oh !!! But how could you call it The Dark Ages if there were so many achievements ???
Well, such prejudice was spread by anti-Christian scholars in the 18th century, as Prof Rodney Clark said in his book "
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity led to Freedom, Capitalism and Western Success".
If we don't read the following books, we are unfair to the Middle Ages -- The Victory of Reason: How Christianity led to Freedom, Capitalism and Western Success (Prof Rodney Clark)
- How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization (Thomas E. Woods Jr)
- Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians (Jeffery Burton Russell) - proved that the notion "people during the Middle Ages believed the Earth was flat" was only a lie.
- The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Context (Edward Grant)