Modern Popular Use
Further information: MedievalismFilms and novels often use the term "Dark Age" with its implied meaning of a time of backwardness. The 2007 television show The Dark Ages from The History Channel called the Dark Ages "600 years of degenerate, godless, inhuman behavior".
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Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or popular:
“To the modern spirit nothing is, or can be rightly known, except relatively and under conditions.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)
“Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.”
—J. Ellen Foster (1840–1910)