early medieval

In this timeline the Merovingian rulers are able to maintain relative over Francia and stop the greedy Mayors of the Palace and bring stability to their realm. Clovis II watched Grimoald the former Mayor of the Palace get dragged away to his execution "rotten wrench" he thought. He had...

Before conquering the Western Roman empire, the gothic tribes pillaged in Byzantine Europe before migrating west. If the went southeast to Mesopotamia instead and found a kingdom near the Persian Gulf, how does their culture develop in the next millenia? As the middle east is already a cultural...

The Polabians were Slavic Pagans that used to occupy the lands east of the Elbe, and were eventually conquered and germanised by the East Francians in the 900s. The main reason the Germans were able to conquer the Polabians were that they were divided into multiple tribes, and they hadn't...

FUROR VENEDICUS A TALE OF PERSEVERING WENDS (Alphonse Mucha. The Celebration of Svantovit - the God of War. Wikimedia. Public Domain.) Introduction The mid 800s was an exciting time in Europe. The impressive Carolingian Empire was suddenly split into three parts, Alfred the Great climbed the...

In Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire, many video games, etc. Relic weapons exist. They are from an earlier time and are more powerful than contemporary ones. Could the inspiration for this be Roman weapons in the early Medieval era? Supposedly the Roman weapons might me more powerful...

Exactly as the title says, from the perspective of a Roman citizen, would the Early Middle Period be considered post-apocalyptic?

The 5th century was marked as a period of turbulence for all of Europe, but let’s focus for a moment on Britain. The Roman Empire had established a direct presence on most of the isles since Claudius, subduing the local Celts and introducing Roman culture into the new province, with varying...

Prelude The transition between the late Roman and the post-Roman west was not a simple process. First came the Migration period, the Völkerwanderung, when Germanic peoples swept through the Western Roman Empire. Then the Empire ceased to exist, dissolved by Odoacer. Odoacer was in turn...

As summer approaches and my real life obligations start to wind down, I find myself wanting start another timeline. My first was Triumph of the Gael (in my signature below) where I tackled Brian Boru surviving the Battle of Clontarf. While I enjoyed creating the timeline, I felt the niche nature...

OTL, the Frankish empire was split into 3 kingdoms: East, West, and Middle Francia. East Francia became Germany, west Francia became France. Central Francia collapsed, and so was only remembered by its initial, and very unoriginal, name. Suppose the Frankish Empire was split differently, and...

What regions and historical areas of interest do you like the most in the Early Middle Ages (500-1000 AD)? What historical processes, empires, wars, social developments, economic advances, technological developments, do you think are good timeline material?

As many know, in 871 the Wessex troops were defeated by the army of Halfdan Ragnarson, Bagseg, and the Five Jarls. It is known that the young Alfred was waiting for his brother Ethelred Pious, who wanted to finish the mass. What would have happened if Ethelred had decided to immediately oppose...

Hey AH.com! This is my first attempt at a timeline, so I'm looking for feedback on pretty much everything. Part 1: The Hammer Falls On October 10, 732 a band of Arab and Berber raiders lead by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi clashed with Frankish and Aquitanian troops in western Gaul. The veteran...