The Making of Europe Author:Christopher Dawson "An Introduction to the History of European Unity" — When most people use the expression "The Dark Ages" they are often unclear as to what they mean. For some the period described is unbelievably long, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance. This is not only incorrect historically; it is dangerously misleading. — As ... more »Christopher Dawson, the distinguished British historian, indicates in *The Making of Europe,* perhaps his most famous work, "The Dark Ages" from the sixth to the tenth centuries were critical in the formation of European unity and the expansion and definition of Western Christianity. . . .« less