the Dark Ages

period of (European) history between the end of the Roman Empire and the tenth century AD 黑暗时代（从罗马帝国灭亡至公元第十世纪的欧洲历史时期）.

the Black Death, the Blessed, the Blessed Sacrament, the blind, the body politic, the British, the British Isles, the Broads, the Bronze Age, the burden of proof, the Christian Era, the Church of England, the Civil Service, the class struggle (also the class war), the Communist Party, the Conservative Party, the Consolidated Fund, the Coptic Church, the Corn Laws, the damned, the Dark Continent, the deceased, the deep South, the departed, the Depression, the disinherited, the dispossessed, the dog-star, the East End, the Eastern Bloc, the elect, the electric chair, the English Channel (also the Channel), the Eternal City, the evening star, the fair sex, the faithful, the fallen, the Far East, the Far West,