Even though the Middle Ages is usually referred to as the “Dark Ages”, due to the troubles and hardships faced by those who lived during that time, it was also a great vivacity and enthusiasm because that was when Europe’s golden revolution started to emerge. According to Gray Boyce, “Even at its worst it performed the function of guarding… but even more it was creative and inventive, and transmitted to later ages great riches of its own.” (Boyce 69). At this time, Europe had begun to preserve the old culture as it carried on with developing a fresh and unique culture at the same time. Boyce’s statement can be confirmed by the various preservations carried out by the church such as teachings and doctrines that have long defined the practices
