I didn't say that literally nothing was written during that period. So pointing to one poem doesn't really affect the argument. Same for achievements like silv

I didn't say that literally nothing was written during that period. So pointing to one poem doesn't really affect the argument. Same for achievements like silver mining or iron plows. Obviously many individual things happened. It's a statistical trend where this period is lower than both those before and after. Here's a chart if you like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:European_Output_of_Manuscripts_500%E2%80%931500.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:European_Output_of_Manusc...