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"The Darkening Age," by Catherine Nixey, argues that Christianity was hugely destructive to western civilization, destroyed art and classical thinking, and retarded the improvement of the Roman Empire. How well supported is her argument?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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