Oh, the Dark Ages was pretty dark in a socio-political setting, too. The Moors overran Iberia. The various barbarian tribes which overran the Western Roman Empire were settling their individual quarrels, there were 3 centuries of Viking raids, there was a climate collapse in the mid 6th century, but always the nobles and the fucking church were there scarfing up whatever they could from the commons.
One of the underlying causes of the Crusades was to get bickering nobles out of Europe and off killing muslims instead of xtians.
One of the underlying causes of the Crusades was to get bickering nobles out of Europe and off killing muslims instead of xtians.
