Medievalists.net

While I will try to view your site, I tend to agree with;
Aster Thrax Eupator, as to the justification of this designation. IE, prior to 1000 CE, there seems to be very little if any real information (real means original documents, and facts) concerning what many people of learning have, (nnot "originally") called this period after the fall of Western Rome, as the "Dark Ages!" Ase regards "Dark Ages" all of the ancient societies have them! Greece, Egypt, Syria / Assyria, Mesopatomia, Iran, etc. You sometimes have to recognize them in the literature called, "interregnums" or "intermediate periods!"

A historian, who is mostly unknown to the Western world today, with the name of Ferdinand Gregorovius, repeatedly belated the lack of real documents concerning the times before 1200 CE, etc. This was a man who really entered the dusty, moldy, rat infested holes there were called the "libraries" of Southern Europe. Mostly he found decay and very little of importance!

He actually wrote two series of epic books, one concerning the "History of Rome in the Middle Ages", and the other "The history of Athens during the Middle Ages!"

Unfortunately, for me at least, his histories or mostly only found in German and maybe Italian or Russian.

These books are even "infrequently" referred to by later scholars! Why?

Even the history of the Spanish "Catalan Company" and surrounding Iberian events, was only translated into English by a woman who was called or mayve named "Goodenough!" I would tend to support that the origin of this name is Slavic and might more correctly be "Gudenov!", or some variation thereof!



Edited by opuslola - 01-Oct-2009 at 16:00

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages is available in an English translation - you can find it at http://www.italicapress.com/index165.html

Many thanks for the information! I certainly wonder why his Athens work has been ignored for so long?

After a quick look, I had better start saving my dollars! chuckle



Edited by opuslola - 02-Oct-2009 at 03:37

This is a site well worth looking at.