Haskins opened a broader view when he asserted, The continuity of history rejects violent contrasts between successive periods, and modern research shows the Middle Ages less dark and less static, the Renaissance less bright and less sudden, than was once supposed.
Haskins åbnede op for en langt bredere forståelse af begrebet da han bl.a. skrev følgende: The continuity of history rejects violent contrasts between successive periods, and modern research shows the Middle Ages less dark and less static, the Renaissance less bright and less sudden, than was once supposed.