The end of the Roman Empire up to the Norman invasion of England in 1066 is the period known as the Dark Ages. The end of the Dark Ages is often counted as the beginning of the Middle Ages in British History.
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The Late Middle Ages started in about 1300 and lasted until 1450 or 1500. There is a link below to an article on the subject.
Some people regard the Middle Ages as beginning when the ancient times ended. Others have the ancient times ending in the middle of the 5th century, and the Middle Ages starting in the 11th. According to the first of these, the time between the ancient times and the Middle Ages is called the Early Middle Ages, but the later usage would have it be called the Dark Ages.
No, the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages are not synonymous in terms of historical periods. The Dark Ages typically refer to the early medieval period, while the Middle Ages encompass a broader time frame from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance.
At the beginning of the High Middle Ages, the architecture was Romanesque. Later in that time, the Gothic emerged.