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The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500.
- Modernity
Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is...
- Timelines of Modern History
The following are timelines of modern history, from the end...
- Modernity
Nowożytność – epoka w historii następująca według tradycyjnej periodyzacji po średniowieczu i poprzedzająca XIX wiek (jako epokę). Za jej datę początkową uznaje się najczęściej upadek Konstantynopola, a tym samym cywilizacji bizantyńskiej (1453) lub odkrycie Ameryki przez Krzysztofa Kolumba (1492).
Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissance—in the Age of Reason of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century Enlightenment.
The following are timelines of modern history, from the end of the Middle Ages, c. 1400 – c. 1500, [1] to the present. General timelines. Early modern period. For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see 15th century § Events. For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see 16th century § Significant events.
The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500.
The early modern period is a subdivision of the most recent of the three major periods of European history: antiquity, the Middle Ages and the modern period. The term "early modern" was first proposed by medieval historian Lynn Thorndike in his 1926 work A Short History of Civilization as a broader alternative to the Renaissance.It was first picked up within the field of economic history ...
Modern history is the history of the world beginning after the Middle Ages. Generally the term "modern history" refers to the history of the world since the advent of the Age of Reason (the Age of Enlightenment) in the 17th and 18th centuries and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
