Dark Ages Explained
Dark Ages or Dark Age may refer to:
History and sociology
- Dark Ages (historiography), the use of the term Dark Ages by historians and lay people
- Early Middle Ages (5th–10th centuries), the centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- Saeculum obscurum ("dark age/century"), a period in the history of the papacy during the first two-thirds of the 10th century
- Byzantine Dark Ages (7th–8th centuries), period of large-scale transformation but obscure due to lack of sources in Byzantine history
- Irish Dark Age, a period of apparent economic and cultural stagnation in late pre-historic Ireland, lasting from c. 100 BC to c. AD 300
- Parthian Dark Age, a period of three decades in the history of Parthian Empire
- Societal collapse, a situation in which a society collapses
- Dark ages of Khmer/Cambodia
- Digital dark age, a future time when it might not be possible to read historical digital documents
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- Dark Age (film), a 1987 Australian film directed by Arch Nicholson
- Dark Ages (TV series), a 1999 British sitcom
- , a 2012 British documentary television series
- , the 2020 season of Miracle Workers
- "The Dark Age" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a 1997 television episode
- "The Dark Age" (Bungo Stray Dogs), a 2016 television episode
- "The Dark Age" (Lighthouse), a 2023 talk show episode
- "The Dark Ages" (Roseanne), a 1992 television episode
Games
Literature
Music
Albums
Songs
- "Dark Age" (song), by the Hippos, 1988
- "Dark Ages", by Jethro Tull from Stormwatch, 1979
- "Dark Ages", by NoMeansNo from Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed, 1988
- "Dark Ages", by Scar the Martyr from Scar the Martyr, 2013
- "Dark Ages", by Yngwie Malmsteen from Trilogy, 1986
Other uses
- Dark Ages (cosmology), in Big Bang cosmology, a period ending roughly 150 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang, after which stars began to form
- "Dark Era", a hypothetical age of the universe in the far future
See also