Medieval age - when ?

[Brutus]

One of my points was that periods will allways differ between regions. To apply the year 1066 as a historical boundary for regions outside the British isles (even outside England) would be pure nonsense. Therefore these things should only be applied in the way Spartakus put it. Another misunderstanding here is the term "Dark Ages" that isn't used outside English-speaking regions. Out here, we refer to that period as "Early Middle Ages". By the way, Charlemagne died in 814.

For your general amusement, I will add here the new dating system the De Rooy-Commission (for the renewal of Historical Education) has introduced for Dutch "High Schools" (Middelbare scholen):

-Time of Hunters and Farmers (Until 3000 BC; Prehistory)
-Time of Greeks and Romans (3000 BC-500 AD; Antiquity)
-Time of Monks and Knights (500-1000; Early Middle Ages)
-Time of Cities and States (1000-1500; High and Late Middle Ages)
-Time of Discoverers and Reformers (1500-1600; Renaissance and 16th Century)
-Time of Regents and Lords (1600-1700; Golden Age and 17th Century)
-Time of Wigs and Revolutions (1700-1800; Age of Enlightenment and 18th Century)
-Time of Citizens and Steam-machines (1800-1900; Industrialisation and 19th Century)
-Time of World Wars (1900-1950; First Half 20th Century)
-Time of Television and Computer (1950-2000; Second Half 20th Century)

And yes, those "Wigs" are actually meant to be those hairy things people put on their heads...