End of the Early middle ages

Whereas certain a number of historical elements converge to precipitate the end of the late Antiquité with the migrations of people of the 5th century, the fine of the Early middle ages , period historiographic hinge in the study of the European Occident, is prone to debates of interpretation.

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sets of themes,
the significant dates which can be listed
as well as the reason of their importance:

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Civilizations/711:
Expansion of Islamic civilization in Hispanie. See on this subject the thesis of the historian Henri Pirenne: " Mahomet and Charlemagne" , in which it develops its two principal ideas:

continuation of Mediterranean civilization after the Germanic invasions; people known as " barbares" romanisent themselves as much as the Mediterranean could play its part of politico-economic and cultural unit.
the Moslem conquest in Occident and in the East breaks the unit and rejects the political power towards north in Western Europe;

Linguistic/fine of the 8th century:
on the writings of the priests, the Vulgar Latin is moulted gradually in regional languages, the such Catalan;

Carolingian Rebirth/780 - 825:
Charlemagne, crowned emperor of Occident into 800, restores under its reign the unit of most of Europe;

Fine of the Carolingian Empire/843:
the Traité of Verdun puts an end to the unit Empire;

medieval Company/877:
la signature of the Capitulaire of Quierzy founds the Féodalité;

Dynasty S/962 - 987:

Rebirth ottonienne: this crowning founds the Saint Germanic Roman Empire; twenty years later reign Capétiens on what will become the Royaume of France, the period of hoop nets inherited the Great invasions thus seems stabilized.
Rebirth clunisienne: this end of the 10th century marks truly the hinge between old times and new times. Not because of the change of millenium, but because the almost concomitant advent in Occident of the Germanic Roman Holy roman Empire and the dynasty capétienne - which will last each one eight centuries - is an major event, which announces the one time end and the beginning of a news. They announce the future. There is not great difference between the 7th century and the 9th century, whereas there is enormous between the X {{E}} and the XII {{E}}.
Rebirth Macedonian: this Byzantine period coincides with the two preceding ones, and constitutes consequently a hinge between the Early middle ages and the swing towards a medieval Histoire concerning the Byzantine Empire.

Religion/1054:
Great schism of the East; this cutting from a religious point of view allows to list the councils during late Antiquity/Early middle ages;

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