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- In the history of Europe, the early modern period follows the Medieval period. It begins around the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, and includes the Renaissance period, and the Age of Discovery. It includes the discovery of America, and the discovery of the sea route to the East. It ends around the French Revolution in 1789.
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Feb 22, 2023 · Updated: 02/22/2023. What is the Early Modern Period? Historians have long understood the Early Modern period as the 15th through the 18th centuries, a time of transition between the...
Jul 5, 2023 · Jul 5, 2023 • By Barbora Jirincova, PhD History. The Early Modern Period arrived after the Middle Ages. But when did the Middle Ages end? Some say it was when Christopher Columbus set foot on American soil. Others, when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door. Some claim that it was when Donatello finished his statue of David.
The early modern period (1500–1700) brought several significant changes in the lives of the English people. The most dramatic were perhaps the Reformation, the subsequent dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century, and the devastating Civil War during the next.
Historians are increasingly aware of the need to place their work in a context that spills over national, regional, or civilizational boundaries. Some of the most exciting work has emerged from probing the global dimensions of the ‘early modern period’ before the rise of European world domination.
Jan 5, 2024 · A project from Rutgers University and originally co-sponsored by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) giving access to five large data sets, three pertaining to currency exchanges and two pertaining to prices, on the medieval and early modern periods of European history, circa 800-1815 AD.
4 What were the features of the early modern period? As you read earlier, the beginning and end of the early modern period are marked by important changes in ideas, society, religion, economics and politics. But what about the period itself: what aspects of life and events characterise the time between 1500 and 1780?
