Originally Posted by DBT
Was it the Church that brought us out of the dark ages?


Yes it had it's part in ushering in the High Middle Ages, in ending slavery in Europe and in preserving all that Classical learning that Petrarch was so fond of. Actually, Petrarch wouldn't have been able to read those Greek and Latin texts if the monks hadn't taken care of them.

'Four legs good, two legs baaaad."
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"Jimmy, some of it's magic,
Some of it's tragic,
But I had a good life all the way."
(Jimmy Buffett)

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