[QuesnayJr]

I'm not a historian either, but historians of the Dark Ages always come across as weirdly defensive about the era.

[knolax]

If people who have more information on a topic become "defensive" against viewpoints from people with less information, on first glance I'd trust the former group better.

[QuesnayJr]

If I'm sure of something, I don't become defensive when I argue my side. I just argue my side. (Maybe this is what historians of the period are doing, but it doesn't come always come across that way to me.)