Early Middle Ages
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The Early Middle Ages, sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Middle
The jewelled cover of the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, c. 870, a Carolingian Gospel Book
Replica of the Sutton Hoo helmet; the original was buried with an Anglo-Saxon leader, probably King Rædwald of East Anglia, c. 620–625 CE.
The Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna is the only extant example of Ostrogothic architecture.
A paten from the Treasure of Gourdon, found at Gourdon, Saône-et-Loire, France.
High Middle Ages
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Central EuropeGuelf, Hohenstaufen, and Ascanian domains in Germany about 1176
Early Middle Ages
…the 10th century. They marked the start of the Middle Ages of European history, following the decline of the Western Roman Empire, and preceding the High Middle Ages (c. 11th to 14th centuries). The alternative term late antiquity, for the early part of the period, emphasizes elements of continuity with the Roman…
The Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings during the Norman Conquest of 1066
Miniature representing the delivery of the fortress of Uclés to the Master of Order of Santiago in 1174
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa kneels before Pope Alexander III before signing the Treaty of Venice (1177), fresco in Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.
King Saint Stephen I of Hungary (Chronicon Pictum)