Narrative: Notes

• To counter the Protestant view, Roman Catholics developed the Annales Ecclesiastici by Cardinal Caesar Baronius.
• Volume X saw Baronius coin the term "dark age" for 888 - 1046.
• "Lack of writers" many refer to the number of volumes in Migne's Patrologia Latina.
• There is a sharp drop from 33 volumes in the 9th Century to just 7 in the 10th, with the 11th Century having 12 volumes.
• "Carolingian Renaissance" - 9th Century
• Rise of New Powers - (Political Phenomena)
• White flash: The Sun / Gunshot flash - Link to the invention
• Invention Angle: Gunshot powder
• Art Of The Byzantine Era = 102 +/-
• Basil I (867 - 86) - Byzantine Civilisation
• Iconoclasm (726 - 843)
• Leo VI, the Wise (886 - 912)