Dark Ages

(Englisch)

1. The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
2. The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100–750 BCE).
3. The dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450–1863).
4. The dark ages of Laos (c. 1707–1893).
5. The Dark Ages, 380 thousand to about 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
6. (figuratively) Any relatively primitive period of time.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈdɑːˌkeɪd͡ʒɪz/

Etymologie (Englisch)

The phrase appears in writing of the English Reformation by Richard Sibbes (1620) and by George Abbot (1624), the archbishop of Canterbury. Both authors use it to refer to the period of papal supremacy before the Reformation. The earliest citation in Oxford English Dictionary is dated 1687. Use is specific to English therefore not likely to be from Latin.

Konzepte

Dunkle Jahrhunderte

dunkle Zeitalter

Synonyme

Middle Ages

ancient

dark age

primitive

Übersetzungen

edat mitjana

Edat Mitjana

Moyen Âge

haut moyen âge

Prophecy

siècles obscurs

Medioevo

Dark Ages

saeculum obscurum

średniowiecze

Dark Ages

wieki średnie

wieki ciemne

Idade Média

Idade das Trevas