Middle Ages
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In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to late 15th centuries, comparable with the post-classical period of global history. The medieval period
A medieval stained glass panel from Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1175 – c. 1180, depicting the Parable of the Sower, a biblical narrative
A late Roman sculpture depicting the four Tetrarchs, now in Venice, Italy
A coin of the Ostrogothic leader Theoderic the Great, struck in Milan, Italy, c. AD 491–501
A mosaic showing Justinian with the bishop of Ravenna (Italy), bodyguards, and courtiers.
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
Middle Ages
…divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. The Middle Ages began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Modern age during the Renaissance…
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.