Dark Ages
The period of European history encompassing 476–1000 CEThe period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
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значень: 6The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100–750 BCE).
The dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450–1863).
The dark ages of Laos (c. 1707–1893).
The Dark Ages, 380 thousand to about 1 billion years after the Big Bang.
(переносно)Any relatively primitive period of time.
Dunkle Jahrhunderte, das finstere Mittelalter
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мов: 5За значеннями 1
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The phrase appears in writing of the English Reformation by Richard Sibbes (1620) and by GThe phrase appears in writing of the English Reformation by Richard Sibbes (1620) and by George Abbot (1624), the archbishop of Canterbury. Both authors use it to refer to the period of papal supremacy before the Reformation. The earliest citation in Oxford English Dictionary is dated 1687. Use is specific to English therefore not likely to be from Latin.
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