Opinion on the Dark Ages

Opinion on the dark ages

            The Dark ages (also referred as to the Middle Ages) not only destroyed and ruined many things and lives but also helped to create new things that were used throughout the society for many years after. Some things from the Dark Ages were even used until recently but improved and changed to best fit to our environment now.  Some things that came out of the Dark Ages were: New ways of torture, people got a better understanding of the plague and how to escape it, church became more popular than ever. Not all of those things helped the society but some were spread throughout the society until the Dark Ages ended.

            During the Dark Ages there were a lot of new ways of torture were created.  Also during that time period a lot of new devices for torture came out, some of these thing were mostly created by rulers, church and people in power to torture innocent men and women accused of being a with or practicing “black magic”, prisoners, or enemies. Some of the torture devices and techniques were using the stretching machine to stretch and disconnect their muscles and or bones. Another technique was to put heavy stones on people so basically by the end of the torture they would just die of being crushed by stone.  Another way of torture was made up by one of the rulers during the Dark Ages and that technique was one of the cruelest ones. He made it up for his prisoners, and inspired so much by Church after the torture they would either get killed or they would continue to be his prisoner. The torture was to find a pebble in a cattle full of boiling water. If their third degree burns started to heal up in less than 3 days than they would be innocent and clear off bad thoughts, if the burns wouldn’t start healing than they have sinned and they are not clear therefore they would have to get executed. Other techniques would be boiling water, whipping and other things similar to that.

            The second most important thing during the Dark Ages/Middle Ages was the Church. It was one of the most important things in peoples lives and helped keep them motivated. The church was the only power they trusted and listened besides the King and other different royalty.  Church/Religion was one of the best and the worst things that has happened at that time. The good thing was that it could keep anyone motivated; the rich and the poor. The bad thing was that it has motivated a lot of kings and conquerors to do things that were so horrible that no-one themselves would ever think about. The Church soon  became the source of ideas for Kings and other people in power.

Since the Dark Ages was the time period when different plagues were spread (including the deadliest plague of that time; the bubonic plague) people learned a lot about hiding from it and avoiding getting sick. During the Dark Ages the majority of people weren’t that educated and thought that everything was linked through religion and god.  Since that was the case many people stuck to saving themselves by whipping and beating themselves so god would have mercy and stop the plague from spreading. Some people got that by torturing themselves it would get them no-where and tried to cure themselves by gathering different herbs and eating them hoping to get better. There was also some percent of people who thought none of this would work and decided that the best thing to do was to move or isolate themselves from the infected. The majority of people who have done that were lucky survivors of the plagues that was brought upon their homeland. Those people who did survive were mostly the people who wanted a new start and helped with the creation of Renaissance.

            The Dark Ages (also known as the Middle Ages) have brought a lot of good and bad things. It was a horrible and terrifying time for most people but all those horrid events that have happened were also the ones that made people realize all their mistakes and give them a reason to start to rebuild and create something new in their lives.