Why do people still have a 17/18th century anti-religious view of the “dark ages” instead of a modern view

Question by turntable: Why do people still have a 17/18th century anti-religious view of the “dark ages” instead of a modern view Immanuel Kant and Voltaire were two Enlightenment writers who were vocal in attacking the religiously dominated Middle Ages as a period of social decline. Many modern negative conceptions of the age come from [...]

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