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Quote from: Imperial Dave on Today at 08:05:14 AMThis is my 'truth', Jim, as I am more concerned with Britain in this period for better or worse

 

That's what I mean. For Britain stuff is pretty damned gloomy even when it's not actually dark. Other places, less so.
Some people use late Antiquity to describe the period (and frankly I think for much of the Med it's a good term, better perhaps that early medieval, but I don't think either are particularly appropriate for Britain.

I tend to view the world in three bitesized chunks personally

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Quote from: Erpingham on Today at 10:10:38 AMI thought this would be about some great pioneer of early artillery.  But no, just beardy blokes.

The autocorrect on my phone is somewhat hilarious at times....

It seems that the Greeks are trying to extend their ambit into Italy.  Don't they have enough archaeology of their own?

I thought this would be about some great pioneer of early artillery.  But no, just beardy blokes.

Quote from: Andreas Johansson on December 26, 2024, 10:36:28 PMNow you have me a little confused, Anthony. A term primarily applicable to Europe being eurocentric by definition and only its application where it doesn't make sense being so seems to me mutually exclusive positions.

Apologies Andreas.  The "Dark Ages" in the discussion is the European Dark Ages, not any other. It is going to be Eurocentric as in seeing things from a European perspective and, as I've said, chopping history into convenient arbitrary chunks is a common practice. It makes sense if referring to European history but decreasingly so the further you go from (Western) Europe. Not to me exclusive positions, but does suggest I misundertood you, for which I apologise again.

This is my 'truth', Jim, as I am more concerned with Britain in this period for better or worse

 

Of course, the complaint that 'Dark Ages' as a term is Eurocentric rather fades away to irrelevance when you're dealing with Europe.
Indeed I do wonder whether the term isn't really best suited to British history due to the lack of literary records, which is less of an issue on some of the European mainland.

(And if it's British history we can call it what we damned well like     )

https://greekreporter.com/2024/12/25/graves-lombard-kings-pavia-italy/

Good find

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vikings/vulva-stone-and-coin-jewelry-among-remarkable-treasures-discovered-at-viking-burial-site-in-norway

No giggling at the back please....