Dark Ages vs Middle Ages

Many historians now prefer not to use the term Dark Ages to describe that period of Europe from the 5th - 10th or 11th centuries, preferring instead to use the term Middle Ages to cover a period from around 500 - 1500 AD. Originally the term Dark Ages was used to cover that period as … Continue reading Dark Ages vs Middle Ages

T S Eliot The Wasteland the fisher King

In search of The Waste Land

"April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land..." So begins T S Eliot's masterpiece, the Waste Land - that poem used to torture me during A level English and that I appreciate so much more as an adult! Eliot's waste land is not just a physical one, but also a spiritual … Continue reading In search of The Waste Land