The Renaissance Writers Who Shaped the Modern World

Contrary to popular misconception, the Middle Ages were not a "dark age" in our collective history.

Literature The Renaissance Writers Who Shaped the Modern World Contrary to popular misconception, the Middle Ages were not a "dark age" in our collective history. The image of ignorant peasants and sequestered monks living in ignorance and superstition while the world fell into darkness is largely fiction. READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE The Book by Charles Darwin That Changed How We Think About Life What Did Australia Look Like When the First People Arrived? What Makes Easter Island So Strange? You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Today I Learned newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here A Dotdash Brand 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2018 Dotdash - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.