# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8b6xnF11I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228898-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9852af6f7d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-10-12T21:52:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

What was so "dark" about the "Dark Ages"?

Hint: it's a misconception that this period was dumb and backwards. Hear from medievalist Larisa, who is here to myth bust and shed some light on why the Middle Ages weren't as dark as rumored to be.
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🏷: #DarkAges #MiddleAges #ArtHistory #History #Medieval #MedievalTymeswithLarisa #GettyMuseum

## Stats

- **Views:** 45,847
- **Likes:** 3,117
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- **Comments:** 50

## Tags

history, gettymuseum, darkages, arthistory, medieval, middleages, medievaltymeswithlarisa

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