The fall of the Roman Empire, and the invasions of barbarian tribes, devastated Europe. Because of this, historians do not know as much about the Middle Ages as about earlier times.ĭuring the Middle Ages, many people’s lives were short, difficult, and poor. Very few people in the Middle Ages could read, so there are not many records from this period. The early Middle Ages has also been called “the Dark Ages” because past scholars wrongly believed that there was very little culture, good literature, or art, or progress during this period. Another name for the Middle Ages is “the Age of Faith,” because Christianity and Islam were becoming much more popular. Sometimes people use other names, like “the Medieval Age,” to describe the Middle Ages. It is often separated into the Early Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages. This period of time is called the 'Middle Ages' because it took place between the fall of Imperial Rome and the beginning of early modern Europe. They started around the year 476 CE, when the Western Roman Empire ended, and continued until around the time Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492. The Middle Ages were a period of about a thousand years in European history. JSTOR ( January 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged or removed. Please help improve this article by adding reliable sources. This article needs more sources for reliability.
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