[wassenaar10]

> But Early Middle Ages were pretty bad in a lot of Europe, there is no way around it.

I recommend anyone who is interested in this topic watch Paul Freedman's "The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000" Yale course lecture videos, which are free online.

https://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8JcWVRFp8&list=PL77A337915...