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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.
The term Dark Ages was first used by Italian scholar and historian, Francesco Petrarca who was also known as Petrarch. Being an Italian, he was influenced by the greatness of the ancient Roman Empire. In order to denounce the Latin literature, he coined this phrase.