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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2374470" data-attributes="member: 8447">Hmmm, in non-gaming books, there is always In Search of the Dark Ages, which while maybe not 100% accurate at least gives a decent overview of the turmoil of the era (...and the problem of trying to define the era...). The biggest problem is just when are &quot;The Dark Ages&quot;?&nbsp; Later 4th through 6th century Britain would certainly qualify (if for no other reason than the sheer paucity of manuscripts from the era), but other than that the term opens up a can-o-worms.Still, Ars Magica and the Green Ronin books are both decent for that High Medieval (12th/13th C) feel.&nbsp; There are several decent (and several bad) books and game supplements out on the vikings and a fair amount of material on Charlemagne's empire (if that still counts as &quot;Dark Ages&quot; -- again, depends on how you are using the term).&nbsp; Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is, I believe, available through Penguin Books and it has a lot of useful material!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 2374470, member: 8447"] Hmmm, in non-gaming books, there is always [I]In Search of the Dark Ages[/I], which while maybe not 100% accurate at least gives a decent overview of the turmoil of the era (...and the problem of trying to define the era...). The biggest problem is just when are "The Dark Ages"? Later 4th through 6th century Britain would certainly qualify (if for no other reason than the sheer paucity of manuscripts from the era), but other than that the term opens up a can-o-worms. Still, [I]Ars Magica[/I] and the Green Ronin books are both decent for that High Medieval (12th/13th C) feel. There are several decent (and several bad) books and game supplements out on the vikings and a fair amount of material on Charlemagne's empire (if that still counts as "Dark Ages" -- again, depends on how you are using the term). Einhard's [I]Life of Charlemagne[/I] is, I believe, available through Penguin Books and it has a lot of useful material! [/QUOTE]

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