[dTal]

Revisionist? Are you saying it wasn't a period of intellectual stagnation for the many reasons detailed in the comment you're responding to?

[mcv]

I don't know if drewcoo is saying that, but I certainly am. There was plenty of intellectual stagnation during the Roman Empire, and plenty of progress during the Middle Ages. The claim that the Roman Empire was so enlightened while the Middle Ages were stagnation, is revisionism.