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Early Medieval Europe

Period of European historyThe jewelled cover of the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, c. 870, a Carolingian Gospel BookLocationEuropeKey eventsFall of the Western Roman EmpireMigration PeriodMuslim conquest of the Iberian PeninsulaCoronation of CharlemagneViking expansionHungarian invasionsHoly Roman EmpireThe Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.

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