“Do you not consider modern science to be a product of history?” And your point is?

“who was claiming the Christians of the Dark Ages were "civilized" or the Vikings "barbarians" (a silly word really since it literally was termed to mean anyone who wasn't Greek (and later re-purposed by the Romans to anyone who wasn't Roman)) - you seem to be putting words in mine and PVC's mouths there..” And pretending that the Churches were the ultimate shelter of books and knowledge is precisely doing this.
As in modern language you probably note that the use of “barbarian” had an extension of meaning than purely “non-Greeks”.