(05-30-2014 06:59 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(05-30-2014 06:39 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Besides, the term Dark Ages refers to the political setting, having lost the 'light' of Rome. There was no centralized political figure or structure like in the past. In other areas of society things continued on as they always had.

Like I said, advances in understanding and application of logic were huge and unbelievably valuable.

I found the flagellants of the 14th century to be extremely interesting. If you don't know who they are, I highly recommend you read up on this strange movement.

True that. A lot of interesting stuff things happened back when the plague was around, it makes you wonder what people would do today if an epidemic so devastating made its way into modern society.