effective date. Date on which a transaction is recorded or when an agreement (such as a contract or an insurance policy) takes effect. You Also Might Like... When choosing a life insurance policy two of the main types of plans available are term life insurance and whole life insurance.
This decline persisted throughout the period of time sometimes called the Dark Ages (also called Late Antiquity or the Early Middle Ages), from the fall of Rome to about the year 1000, with a brief hiatus during the flowering of the Carolingian court established by Charlemagne.
Petrarch, who conceived the idea of a European Dark Age. From Cycle of Famous Men and Women, Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla, c. 1450. The Dark Ages is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages. It emphasizes the demographic, cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire, and the relative scarcity of written records from the period.