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<blockquote data-quote="dragoner" data-source="post: 9631102" data-attributes="member: 6943731">I agree you are totally correct, for colors, they did have bright colors, though often without good ways to fix the dyes, so used for special occasions. Their whites too, likely a grayish color, as they didn't use bleach, or detergents such as we have. Burning people was heinous, I read 6,000 at some cities, as young as infants.I have read articles by historians in favor of keeping the term &quot;The Dark Age&quot; as it represents a epochal break between late antiquity, and the early middle ages. The term lifted from chroniclers of the time, describing an actual event: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536" target="_blank">Volcanic winter of 536 - Wikipedia</a> which adding in the Plague of Justinian, and Gothic Wars is somewhat accurate, it would have seemed a dark age.While one can fault the 19th century romanicists for being wrong, they did it in great style:La Belle Dame sans Merci: A BalladBy John KeatsO what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Alone and palely loitering?The sedge has withered from the lake,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And no birds sing.O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; So haggard and so woe-begone?The squirrel’s granary is full,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And the harvest’s done.I see a lily on thy brow,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With anguish moist and fever-dew,And on thy cheeks a fading rose&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Fast withereth too.I met a lady in the meads,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Full beautiful—a faery’s child,Her hair was long, her foot was light,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And her eyes were wild.I made a garland for her head,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And bracelets too, and fragrant zone;She looked at me as she did love,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And made sweet moanI set her on my pacing steed,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And nothing else saw all day long,For sidelong would she bend, and sing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A faery’s song.She found me roots of relish sweet,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And honey wild, and manna-dew,And sure in language strange she said—&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ‘I love thee true’.She took me to her Elfin grot,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And there she wept and sighed full sore,And there I shut her wild wild eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With kisses four.And there she lullèd me asleep,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And there I dreamed—Ah! woe betide!—The latest dream I ever dreamt&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; On the cold hill side.I saw pale kings and princes too,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;They cried—‘La Belle Dame sans Merci&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Thee hath in thrall!’I saw their starved lips in the gloam,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With horrid warning gapèd wide,And I awoke and found me here,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; On the cold hill’s side.And this is why I sojourn here,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Alone and palely loitering,Though the sedge is withered from the lake,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And no birds sing.[ATTACH=full]401873[/ATTACH]Empress Theodora by Jean-Joseph Benjamin Constant, 1887, via Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dragoner, post: 9631102, member: 6943731"] I agree you are totally correct, for colors, they did have bright colors, though often without good ways to fix the dyes, so used for special occasions. Their whites too, likely a grayish color, as they didn't use bleach, or detergents such as we have. Burning people was heinous, I read 6,000 at some cities, as young as infants. I have read articles by historians in favor of keeping the term "The Dark Age" as it represents a epochal break between late antiquity, and the early middle ages. The term lifted from chroniclers of the time, describing an actual event: [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536"]Volcanic winter of 536 - Wikipedia[/URL] which adding in the Plague of Justinian, and Gothic Wars is somewhat accurate, it would have seemed a dark age. While one can fault the 19th century romanicists for being wrong, they did it in great style: [B]La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad[/B] By John Keats O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has withered from the lake, And no birds sing. O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, So haggard and so woe-begone? The squirrel’s granary is full, And the harvest’s done. I see a lily on thy brow, With anguish moist and fever-dew, And on thy cheeks a fading rose Fast withereth too. I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful—a faery’s child, Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild. I made a garland for her head, And bracelets too, and fragrant zone; She looked at me as she did love, And made sweet moan I set her on my pacing steed, And nothing else saw all day long, For sidelong would she bend, and sing A faery’s song. She found me roots of relish sweet, And honey wild, and manna-dew, And sure in language strange she said— ‘I love thee true’. She took me to her Elfin grot, And there she wept and sighed full sore, And there I shut her wild wild eyes With kisses four. And there she lullèd me asleep, And there I dreamed—Ah! woe betide!— The latest dream I ever dreamt On the cold hill side. I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried—‘La Belle Dame sans Merci Thee hath in thrall!’ I saw their starved lips in the gloam, With horrid warning gapèd wide, And I awoke and found me here, On the cold hill’s side. And this is why I sojourn here, Alone and palely loitering, Though the sedge is withered from the lake, And no birds sing. [ATTACH type="full" size="1100x2015"]401873[/ATTACH] Empress Theodora by Jean-Joseph Benjamin Constant, 1887, via Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires [/QUOTE]

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