Dark Age

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Early_Middle_Ages
gptkbp:associatedWith feudalism
barbarian invasions
rise of monasticism
collapse of urban life
decline of literacy
gptkbp:characterizedBy scarcity of historical records
decline in economic and cultural activity
gptkbp:coinedBy gptkb:Petrarch
gptkbp:criticizedFor modern historians
gptkbp:debatedBy historians
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:hasTerm Enlightenment historians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dark Age
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Viking_invasions
spread of Christianity in Europe
formation of early medieval kingdoms
gptkbp:period 5th to 10th centuries
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:High_Middle_Ages
gptkbp:refersTo gptkb:Early_Middle_Ages
period of cultural decline
periods of decline in other civilizations
gptkbp:usedIn European history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pierce_Brown
gptkb:Iron_Lords
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6