The Dark Ages or the Middle Ages started in 476ce and lasted until 800ce. Due to wide_scale warfare progress in all fields came to a halt.The Church controlled wealth and was the biggest landowner.The people paid tithe one_tenth of their income to the Church.Arts literature, philosophy,and education were under the complete control of the Church.The Middle Ages are characterised as a time of intellectual darkness in Europe.
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