[methehack]

My guess is the older brother was named by the younger brother, the Enlightenment. They were "dark" because they were fundamentally anti-enlightenment; further it was hard to see through them to the classical period as they tried to burn most of those books. Personally, I think it's a fine name. The inquisition! What a show!

[goto11]

No, the term is by Petrarca from early Renaissance.

[methehack]

Ah -- makes sense -- same idea though s/Englightenment/Renaissance/g

[juki]

Note also that the Spanish Inquisition operated during the Renaissance - early Enlightenment era, not the dark ages.