Why Was Europe In A Dark Age

Europe was in a dark age for the following reasons. Thousands of people died from the bubonic plague, crusades were intense, and power of the government. For instance, the bubonic plague, also known as the “black death”, spread around at rapid speed. According to the Black Death document, “The plague infected the Indians in India, the Sind, the Persians, and the Crimea. … killing daily one thousand or more and destroying the population.” Many knights died because of the crusades, some of their man were eventually killed through head being cut off.” Some of our men (and this was more merciful) cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers”. "It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies