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.
Dark Ages Terms. 1  Dark Ages: Another term for the middle ages; the period of time between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. 2  Feudalism: A system of labor that hindered upward social mobility. 3  Bubonic Plague: A plague that devastated Europe in the late 1340s and early 1350s.