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Why The Dark Ages Were Actually A Time Of Great Achievement | King Arthur's Britain (2017x23)

Air date: May 15, 2017

Francis Pryor examines the relics of the Dark Ages to build a fuller picture of this much-maligned era. Popular belief has always held that the departure of the Romans led to barbarism in Britain, but archaeological finds have shed light on a cultured, literate society that embraced the growing Romanised Christian religion and embarked on a profitable trading relationship with the Byzantine Empire.