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The History Channel's Documentary: The Early Middle Ages

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From 500 C.E. to 1000 C.E. in Europe was The Early Middle Ages. However, The History Channel says it is "The Dark Ages". The history channel portrays the Early Middle Ages as being dark and dramatic. Wow the history channel does portray something's wrong; they also portray many things right for television purposes.

In the History Channel's documentary "The Dark Ages", the Early Middle Ages is portrayed in many ways that aren't consistent with actual history. The History Channel portrays the Early Middle Ages as The Dark Ages. The Early Middle Ages was not the actual Dark Ages because, the real Dark Ages was in Greece in 1100-759 B.C.E. when Greece collapsed. However, History Channel's, "The Dark Ages" was supposed to be around 500-1000 C.E. History Channel makes The Early Middle Ages appear as a gloomy, dark, "hellish" time. I'm class we discuss how The Early Middle Ages was a time of art, development, and education. This is far from how the History Channel portrays The Early Middle Ages. The History Channel also depicts Barbarian as "dirty, sweaty, smelly, thugs" and "helped descend Rome into hell". As …show more content…

This is a viable explanation for why they made "The Dark Ages" so visually and verbally difficult. I would much rather watch a visually appealing show as opposed to a lecture series of a professor speaking about The Early Middle Ages. The show, showed a completely different side that made things dark, dreary, and colorless as apposed to real history. Since the History Channel is a TV channel and a history related show, both concepts typically would be applied to there shows, movies, and documentaries.

In conclusion, the History Channel's documentary "The Dark Ages" does portray some aspects of history that are not historically accurate. They also portray many aspects that are accurate. The reason for the History Channel doing this is to increase views and gain

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