Middle Ages

By SarahBHood
  • Period: 400 to 900

    Dark Ages in Europe

  • Period: 410 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

  • Period: 500 to 750

    Merovingian Period in Europe

    Named for a Germanic-Frankish dynasty in what is now France/Germany, when Europeans were mixing styles from classical Rome with European tribal elements.
  • Period: 750 to 1000

    Carolingian Period in Europe

    Named for a Frankish dynasty that includes Charlemagne (crowned in 800). They ruled in Italy until 887, in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire until 911 and in what is now France until 987.
  • Period: 1066 to 1485

    Norman Period

    In England, the Normans (Norse or Viking people whose was a kind of French) invaded in 1066 and took England from the Saxons.
  • Period: 1096 to 1271

    The Crusades

    Christians from Europe campaign against Muslims, theoretically to reclaim Jerusalem for Christianity.
  • Period: 1100 to 1450

    Gothic Period