Today, when we encounter the medieval world it’s mostly a dark time. Un-enlightened by reason, but also literally gloomy – all bare stone and grey skies. We know it as a brutal time, dominated by white men with steeds and swords, or drenched in blood by marauding Vikings. But in their new book, *The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe)**, historians Matthew Gabriele) and David M. Perry) trace the harm *of the myths of the “Dark Ages,” and illuminate the medieval stories that have mostly escaped our modern gaze.
This is a segment from our January 14th, 2022 program *A Question of War).*
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