Category:Early Middle Ages

The purpose of this category is to provide narrower grouping of events, personages, and places into their more specific traditional third division of the overall Middle Ages. Some entities will necessarily span more than one of these categories. Roughly spans the years: 500 AD—1000 AD; Essentially the fall of Rome that end ancient time southern Europe, and through the beginning of Capetian France and re-newed Holy Roman Empire under Otto I, usually, also including the Norman Conquest See also: Category:High Middle Ages and Category: Late Middle Ages when placing category on articles.