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Originally posted by tigpoppa
I am of the mind that this period in time is a sham
well whenever i try to find actual written records from this period I can find nothing i dont think there is a gap in history I just think it didnt happen and it is one of the greatest conspiracies in history. What I wonder is what their covering up to enact such a conspiracy that is global in its extent.
Originally posted by tigpoppa
I am of the mind that this period in time is a sham
well whenever i try to find actual written records from this period I can find nothing i dont think there is a gap in history I just think it didnt happen and it is one of the greatest conspiracies in history. What I wonder is what their covering up to enact such a conspiracy that is global in its extent.
Saint Gildas (c. 500 – 570) was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise). His work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which contains narratives of the post-Roman history of Britain, is the only substantial source for history of this period written by a near-contemporary
Originally posted by tigpoppa
reply to post by DISRAELI
what so the whole of mankind just forgot how to write?
i find that conclusion very illogical
Though it is what I have heard all my life as the excuse for the time period. though i think this is just something people are told and then repeat like parrots to further continue the conspiracy. Much like all conspiracies the people need a line to repeat in order to propagate the conspiracy further and keep it alive. from lee harvey oswald, to the gold of tonkin the list goes on and on.
Originally posted by Frogs
Hmmm....
Well I just found this. You see in England there is was a monk named Gildas..
Gildas
Saint Gildas (c. 500 – 570) was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise). His work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which contains narratives of the post-Roman history of Britain, is the only substantial source for history of this period written by a near-contemporary
You can read his whole text at the link below. It was written during the period.
On The Ruin of Britain (De Excidio Britanniae) by Gildas
So there you go, a historic record written in the dark ages.
Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
What about epidemic disseases ? Like the plague or something.
In the time period itself there were probably only a few who could read and write. if they died...
Originally posted by Solasis
This could be because around the end of the Dark Ages there occurred a series of events related to the inquisition. This was a time of the destruction of learning and so on; Most of the records from the period have been destroyed by short-sighted idiots.
Originally posted by tigpoppa
reply to post by DISRAELI
what so the whole of mankind just forgot how to write?
i find that conclusion very illogical
Originally posted by stumason
Man, what are you on about? The inquisition was a LONG time after the so-called Dark Ages.
As has been said, the term Dark Ages is not only a misnomer, I never hear it even mentioned nowadays when discussing the period 600-1000 AD.