DARK AGES
The Dark Ages was a period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Was the Dark Ages really dark? Due to new studies the Dark Ages don't appear as dark as they used to be. The Dark Ages as a term has undergone many evolution; its definition depends on who is defining it. Indeed, modern historians no longer use the term because of its negative connotation. Generally, the Dark Ages referred to the period of time ushered in by the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The term 'dark' was due to their strange ways of doing things and their practices. This took place when the last Western emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by Odoacer, a barbarian. AD 476 was the time of this event. "The Dark Ages, formerly a designation for the entire period of the Middle Ages, and later for the period c.450–750, is now usually known as the Early Middle Ages. The term Dark Ages may be more a judgment on the lack of sources for evaluating the period than on the significance of events that transpired"(Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015).