<P> The term was originally intended to denote an intermediate period between Classical Antiquity and the Modern era . In the 19th century scholars began to recognize the accomplishments of the period , which challenged the image of a time exclusively of darkness and decay . Nowadays the term is not used by scholars to refer to the entire medieval period ; when used , it is generally restricted to the Early Middle Ages . </P>
<P> The term was originally intended to denote an intermediate period between Classical Antiquity and the Modern era . In the 19th century scholars began to recognize the accomplishments of the period , which challenged the image of a time exclusively of darkness and decay . Nowadays the term is not used by scholars to refer to the entire medieval period ; when used , it is generally restricted to the Early Middle Ages . </P>
when did the dark ages begin and end
when did the dark ages begin and end
between Classical Antiquity and the Modern era
between Classical Antiquity and the Modern era