What century did the dark ages start?

Did the greek dark ages begin in 1150?

The Greek Dark Ages began in about the year 1200 BC. There is no exact year for their beginning. Clearly, the Greek Dark Ages and the Dark Ages were not the same thing, and they were not really related, as the Dark Ages began in the middle of the 5th century AD.

What did Parliament have to do with the dark ages?

As near as I can tell, there were no parliaments until after the Dark Ages ended. The term Dark Ages is a term usually applied to a time starting in the 5th century and ending in the 11th. The earliest parliaments seem to have started up in the 12th century.

Did William rule during the renaissance or the dark ages?

He gained his crown in 1066 which is the start of the middle ages ( what you call the "dark ages").

Where did the renaissance start after the dark ages?

Italy

During what years did the middle ages occur?

Different groups of people have different ideas about the Middle Ages. Today, probably a majority of historians have the Middle Ages lasting from the 5th century to the 15th century. Some historians call the first half of that time the Dark Ages, and have the Middle Ages lasting from the 11th century to the 15th.

Did Catholics persecute Anabaptists during the Dark Ages?

No. The Anabaptists arose during the Reformation, in the 16th century. The Dark Age ended in the 11th century.

Is the Dark Ages synonymous with the Middle Ages?

No, the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages are not synonymous. The Dark Ages refer to the early medieval period characterized by a lack of written records and cultural stagnation, while the Middle Ages span from the 5th to the 15th century and include various developments in art, architecture, and philosophy.

Why the fourth century AD called dark ages?

The 4th century lasted from 301 to 400 AD. The term Dark Ages is usually applied to the years from 476 to 1000 AD. The Dark Ages are usually portrayed as a time of ignorance and superstition, which is why they are called Dark. The name is deceptive, however, because the lack of literacy that is generally considered to be characteristic of the Dark Ages began during the 3rd century AD, and the period of 476 to 1000 AD included times referred to as the Macedonian Renaissance, the Carolingian Renaissance, and the Ottonian Renaissance. The name Dark Ages is falling out of use to some extent because of this, with the term Early Middle Ages preferred by many historians.

Which of these time periods was characterized by a low of learning and culture in Europe?

During the Dark Ages.

Are the Middle Ages and the Dark Ages synonymous in terms of historical periods?

No, the Middle Ages and the Dark Ages are not synonymous in terms of historical periods. The Dark Ages typically refer to the early part of the Middle Ages, characterized by a lack of cultural and intellectual development, while the Middle Ages as a whole spanned from the 5th to the 15th century and included periods of significant cultural and intellectual growth.

What time period was King Arthur king?

He was born in the late 5th Century, the Dark Ages.

When did the dark ages begin in Europe?

It might be safest to say the Dark Ages lasted from the 5th century to the 10th century. The term Dark Ages is not really clearly defined, and in fact has fallen from use quite a bit. Originally, the idea of an age of obscurity was used to describe the period after the fall of the West Roman Empire. At the time the concept of Dark Ages was first described, in about 1330, the Renaissance had not yet started, and the writer, Petrarch, regarded himself as living in the dark ages. Later writers regarded the Dark Ages as the time from the fall of the West Roman Empire to the Renaissance, and so dated them identically with the Middle Ages, from the 5th century to the 15th. During the 19th century, historians came to understand the the Middle Ages had a lot going on, too much to be called Dark, in the sense of decline or decay. They began to make the time equal to those parts of the Middle Ages when there was little written, meaning the time of the 5th through 10th centuries. This idea had already been around for some time. Under this scheme, the Middle Ages were between the Dark Ages and the Renaissance. The idea that the Carolingian Renaissance and Macedonian Renaissance, with their growth of culture and education, happened during a time of decay and decline, seems to fly in the face of logic. So many historians refer to the time from the 5th to 10th centuries as the Early Middle Ages instead of Dark Ages. Under this scheme, the term is not used at all. There have been people who had different, specific ideas of what the Dark Ages were.