study of history

(Internet slang, especially anime and manga fandom) events or things from the past which one wants to whitewash/erase from history (due to it being embarrassing, poorly received, etc.); dark past

oral history

historicism

period drama

a historical period where social disorder is so great due to war, disease, political disorder etc. that there is little or no cultural development; Dark Ages

anachronism

youth (part of life following childhood)

zeitgeist (the spirit of the age)

Age of Enlightenment (period of history)