High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Middle Ages was a time period that spanned approximately 1000 years and covered the known world – which at that time was only Europe, Asia and parts of Africa. As such, the material remains we have from that time, including jewelry, can vary greatly depending on the place and time of their creation. The main material used for jewelry design in antiquity and leading into the Middle Ages was gold. Many different techniques were used to create working surfaces and add decoration to those surfaces to produce the jewelry. The techniques covered in this article will include: soldering, plating and gilding; repousse, inlay, enamelling, filigree and granulation; stamping, striking and casting. Most of the trends in medieval jewelry were based on either location or time period. The trends that will be discussed in this article, grouped by general similarities or time periods, are: Viking and barbarian; Byzantine, Carolingian and Ottonian; Late...

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