The Dark Ages
Description
At its height in the second century A.D., the Roman Empire was the beacon of learning, trade, power and prosperity in the western world. But the once-powerful Rome–rotten to the core by the fifth century–lay open to barbarian warriors who came in wave after wave of invasion, slaughtering, stealing, and ultimately, settling. As chaos replaced culture, Europe was beset by famine, plague, persecutions, and a state of war that was so persistent it was only rarely interrupted by peace. THE DARK AGES profiles those who battled to shape the future, from the warlords whose armies threatened to case the demise of European society, like Alaric, Charles the Hammer, and Clovis; to the men and women who valiantly tended the flames of justice, knowledge, and innovation including Charlemagne, St. Benedict, Empress Theodora, and other brave souls who fought for peace and enlightenment. It was in the shadows of this turbulent millennium that the seeds of modern civilization were sown.
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I can understand why a drama might not have subtitles, though even that is difficult to swallow nowadays. For a narrated history documentary not to have subtitles or captioning for the hearing impaired is simply shocking, shameful and shoddy!
Rating: 1 / 5
The Dark Ages
Great show, fast shipping. But I found out to late I could have gotten it off iTunes for $4! Im going to give it to my Dad for XMAS>
Rating: 4 / 5
The Dark Ages
This isn’t one of the best of History Channel’s documentaries for good reason — it wasn’t a well documented period in world history. Consequently, the series seemed superficial at best and didn’t convince me that it accurately portrayed this time period. It seemed to have a limited budget and was a half baked effort. Perhaps the depressing theme made it less than palatable for the production team. Perhaps it was already known most people wouldn’t bother to watch it for more than a few minutes because it was a boring expose of a dark period in human history.
There did seem to be a responsible toning down of the twisted dark things of that period as far as torture for fear of sensationalizing these aspects. However, I must say this series was extremely boring and made me want to pick up a book of history rather than watch this drab documentary. It seemed to blame the entire Dark Ages on the fall of the Roman Empire and completely overlooked the harm fanatical religion caused.
Rating: 3 / 5
The Dark Ages
A very useful review of the times and famous people involved in that, for many, mysterious era of history.
Rating: 4 / 5
The Dark Ages
Im a netflix girl so I rented this twice because I love history and documentaries so there you go.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Dark Ages