Calling something "practically medieval" is never really a positive thing. But were the so-called Dark Ages really so dark? Onsi, Colin, and Rhys set out to bust some medieval myths prominent among Protestants, and in Western culture at large. They talk about technology, science, sex, death, feudalism, personal piety, and more.

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Currently Reading
Onsi: Retrieving Nicaea by Khaled Anatolios
Colin: History of the Pelopennesian War by Thucydides 
Rhys: The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy

Texts Discussed
"Petrarch's Conception of the 'Dark Ages'" by Theodor Ernst Mommsen
The Lay-Folks' Catechism
The Light Ages by Seb Falk
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
"The Neglected Craft: Prudence in Reformed Political Thought" by Adam Carrington
The Lamp

Davenant Spotlight
A Protestant Christendom? The World the Reformation Made
Jurisdiction Regal, Episcopal, Papal



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