Was the time period between 400 AD and 1400 AD a dark age for Europe?
was this a time of culture decay and decline?

The Dark Ages were between 476 AD and 1453

Explanation:

The "Dark Ages" is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire.

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