Vindication

"Sixteenth-century writers in some sense 'created' the Middle Ages, in order to highlight what they saw as the brilliance of their own time.... Yet art, literature, and science flourished during the Middle Ages, rooted in the Christian culture that preserves, transmitted, and transformed classical tradition." -The Norton Anthology of English Literature

Finally! A good report of the Middle Ages. They were not dark. And ultimately, we should not arrogantly devalue the eras before us to boast our own "glory" and "value."