The "dark ages" really get a bad wrap, if you ask us. 

The phrase tends to make you think of something from a Monty Python skit: a toothless peasants, constant famine, and a wildly corrupt and inept church. 

And while every bit of fiction has some truth to it, there's one big problem to that narrative. Anselm was an absolute BALLER. 

Listen as Thomas leads the lads through the story of Anselm of Canterbury (Handsome Anselm is what Taylor calls him), Doctor of the medieval church. 

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