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How Christianity Ended the Dark Ages | EP 6

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Christianity didn’t cause the Dark Ages. It ended them.

Christianity is often blamed for the so-called “Dark Ages”. But when the true causes of the darkness of this period are explored, Christianity instead rises as a champion for a new age of recovery and rebuilding.

The unifying spirit of the Church and the preservation of ancient learning and literature by monastics were two key factors…