Light in the so-called “Dark Ages”

John Moore, "Lindisfarne Castle and Abbey, Holy Island, by Moonlight," oil on canvas, 1877. By Rod Benson When I was ten or eleven years old, Mrs Woodward, one of my teachers, asked us to โ€œdo a projectโ€ on the โ€œDark Ages.โ€ I believe I had not heard of this mysterious concept, but I did my …