Phantom Time hypothesis



The Phantom Time Hypothesis, as proposed by Heribert Illig, a German theorist, is that the recorded history of the Early Middle Ages (AD 614 - 911), particularly the Carolingian period, is a falsehood that was spread by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III and Gerbert d'Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II), and that the era described did not take place.

Reading

 * (in English)
 * (in German) &mdash; [The Invented Middle Ages: The Greatest Falsification in History]