Dark Ages - Chesterwiki

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Last updated 13 abril 2025

Nowadays, the period of English history from the collapse of Roman rule in the 4th Century to the re-emergence of society at the time of the Norman Conquest is known to academics as the "early mediaeval period" (sometimes the "early middle ages"), but it used to be called "The Dark Ages" - a far better popular title. The "dark" refers to a paucity of written records. Late 5th and 6th century Britain, for instance, at the height of the Anglo-Saxon invasions, might well be numbered among "the darkest of the Dark Ages," with the equivalent of a near-total "news blackout" in terms of historical records, compared with either the Roman era before or the centuries that followed. Despite the murk, it is clear that Chester played a part in events.