The Darkening Age
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The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey comes up on The Rest Is History, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey appears 1 time across 1 podcast episode on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“she basically argued, all this tremendous learning of the classical world was destroyed by the Christians, that Christianity was responsible for plunging the world into a darkening age, as she calls it.”
Why people keep bringing this up
The host references 'The Darkening Age' to critique the narrative that Christianity was solely responsible for the decline of classical learning. The book is mentioned as part of a broader discussion on historical interpretations of the destruction of knowledge during the transition to Christianity.
The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey most often appears in conversations about destruction of the library.
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The host references 'The Darkening Age' to critique the narrative that Christianity was solely responsible for the decline of classical learning. The book is mentioned as part of a broader discussion on historical interpretations of the destruction of knowledge during the transition to Christianity.
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Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 48:25 in the episode where we captured it.
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Which episode mentioned The Darkening Age?
361. The Lost Library of Alexandria on The Rest Is History is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 48:25.
Which podcast mentioned The Darkening Age?
The Rest Is History is the main indexed podcast currently tied to The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey.
Who mentioned The Darkening Age on podcasts?
PodcastMentions ties The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey to The Rest Is History, but the underlying mentions do not yet expose stable guest names for every episode.
Why do podcast guests bring up The Darkening Age?
The host references 'The Darkening Age' to critique the narrative that Christianity was solely responsible for the decline of classical learning. The book is mentioned as part of a broader discussion on historical interpretations of the destruction of knowledge during the transition to Christianity. It most often appears in conversations about destruction of the library.
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“Nixey argues that the tremendous learning of the classical world was destroyed by Christians, claiming Christianity was responsible for a darkening age.”