So, I'm supposed to answer the question:

Question

Europe during the Middle Ages in often imagined as an isolated and inward looking time in history. Defend or refute this statement.

I don't know which way I should answer it, as defending it or refuting it. I mean, on one hand, the Early Middle Ages was the black death and feudalism, but then towards the late middle ages the foundations of a modern state were starting to form. Help?

Answer 1

These sites may help you decide.

http://www.mrdowling.com/703middleages.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages