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The Middle Ages and Germanic Culture General Introduction After the last Roman emperor was dethroned by the German mercenary troops in the 5th century， Europe entered the Middle Ages (ca. 500-1500), which lasted about a thousand years or so and was dominated by Germanic people whom the Romans had called savage野蛮人. Consequently, the intellectual development of the European civilization was retarded or even regressed退步 to some extent because of these so-called Dark Ages. It was also a period of some negative and repressive influence from the Roman Catholic Church. The popular picture of the Mi