The "Dark" Ages were fine, actually — History Hijinks

Curb your Crusading – the artwork, literature, and scholarship are far more interesting. SOURCES & Further Reading: "China: A History" by John Keay, "Byzantium" & "Sicily" & "Venice" by John Julius Norwich, Great Courses Lecture series "Foundations of Western Civilization" by Thomas F. X. Noble lectures 27 through 38: "The Emergence of the Catholic Church", "Christian Culture in Late Antiquity", "Muhammad and Islam", "The Birth of Byzantium", "Barbarian Kingdoms in the West", "The World of Charlemagne", "The Carolingian Renaissance", "The Expansion of Europe", "The Chivalrous Society", "Medieval Political Traditions I", "Medieval Political Traditions II", "Scholastic Culture". Related videos, of which there are several: China – https://youtu.be/1duLXXEAJeY & https://youtu.be/7Rhr6SzloRo Muslim World – https://youtu.be/d-DWrWXAIuI & https://youtu.be/yqvmMFJQtm0 Venice – https://youtu.be/7cHK4xzAhzE Sicily – https://youtu.be/N9aS8yy1n98 Byzantines – https://youtu.be/7LZbSbatwSg & https://youtu.be/dhsMg7C8WTc & https://youtu.be/muK7iDXR7J4 Holy Roman Empire – https://youtu.be/4BFsADb5_vY Vikings – https://youtu.be/KK-MZLrfXk8 England – https://youtu.be/5XW0m9errMs Ireland – https://youtu.be/RCCUEt8S61k Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. PATREON: https://www.Patreon.com/OSP PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe DISCORD: https://discord.gg/osp MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/ OUR WEBSITE: https://www.OverlySarcasticProductions.com/ Find us on Twitter https://www.Twitter.com/OSPYouTube Find us on Reddit https://www.Reddit.com/r/OSP/ Want this video in another language? Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: https://www.overlysarcasticproductions.com/community-captions