![]() ![]() ![]() In her sweeping and detailed nonfiction narrative "The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World" (Bloomsbury, 384 pp., ★★★½ out of four, out now), Shelley Puhak reminds us that history is often built on stories specifically excised from records. In referring to Western history’s early medieval period, the sixth through tenth centuries, historians have moved away from the once-familiar term “the Dark Ages” – a phrase that connotes judgment of so-called post-Roman “barbarian” people – in favor of descriptors such as “the early Middle Ages” or “the migration period.” Yet one reason for the term “dark” is it refers to the lack of information about the period. ![]() Watch Video: Banned books: What a new wave of restrictions could mean for students ![]()
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