One of my favourite jokes to tell (probably because it's quite easy to remember?)!
Just to give everyone a short history lesson - it's called "dark ages", because there aren't many written sources from that period of time and "that period of time" is actually between ancient Greeks/ Romans and the (early) Middle Ages. This time just isn't well documented (until the invention of printing by Gutenberg ~1450)."Dark Ages" was a term commonly used during the 19th century, when archaeology wasn't as well understood as it is today.The more you know;)
Hope you didn't mind a short lesson:)
And just to really kill the joke with further facts ... the concept of knighthood as we know it came in right at the end of the "Dark Ages" and wasn't really a social class until the High Middle Ages (after 1000AD). So there weren't many knights if any at all during the "Dark Ages".
Just to give everyone a short history lesson - it's called "dark ages", because there aren't many written sources from that period of time and "that period of time" is actually between ancient Greeks/ Romans and the (early) Middle Ages. This time just isn't well documented (until the invention of printing by Gutenberg ~1450)."Dark Ages" was a term commonly used during the 19th century, when archaeology wasn't as well understood as it is today.The more you know;)
Hope you didn't mind a short lesson:)
to saviourself: Glad you enjoyed our short history lesson ;) I love giving them, hehe.