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Victorian Liberal Party Willingly Plunges Itself Into the Dark Ages

Victorian Liberal Party Willingly Plunges Itself Into the Dark Ages
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto arrives at the Parliament of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, on May 12, 2023. AAP Image/Diego Fedele
Gabriël Moens
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Augusto Zimmermann
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The study of history reveals that the period in Europe from around 600 to 1500 AD is known as the “Dark Ages.” The person credited with this designation is the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca (aka Petrarch) who, however, was complaining about the appalling lack of quality of literature in his own time in Italy. Nevertheless, the “term persisted and historians started using ‘dark’ as a pejorative term to mean a period of superstition and stagnation in art, literature, and science.”

Gabriël A. Moens AM is an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland, and served as pro vice-chancellor and dean at Murdoch University. In 2003, Moens was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal by the prime minister for services to education. He has taught extensively across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States.
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