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The period includes the Reformation , the disastrous Thirty Years' War , the European Colonization Of The Americas and the peak of the European Witch-hunt craze. WHEN WAS THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD? The beginning of the early modern period is not clear-cut, but is generally accepted to be in the late 15th Century or early 16th Century . Significant dates in this transitional phase from medieval to early modern Europe can be noted:
The end date of the early modern period is usually associated with the Industrial Revolution , which began in Britain in about 1750. Another significant date is 1789, the beginning of the French Revolution , which drastically transformed the state of European Politics and ushered in the Napoleonic Era and Modern Europe . DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'EARLY MODERN' AND THE RENAISSANCE The expression "early modern" is sometimes, and incorrectly, used as a substitute for the term Renaissance . However, "Renaissance" is properly used in relation to a diverse series of cultural developments; which occurred over several hundred years in many different parts of Europe — especially central and northern Italy — and span the transition from late Medieval civilization and the opening of the early modern period. Artistically, the early modern is not a common designation as the Renaissance is clearly distinct from what came later. Only in the study of literature is the early modern period a standard period. Music is generally divided between Renaissance and Baroque . Similarly philosophy is divided between Renaissance Philosophy and The Enlightenment . In other fields there is far more continuity through the period such as Warfare and Science . The term early modern is most often applied to Europe, and its overseas empire. However, in Japan , the Edo Period from 1590 to 1868 is also sometimes referred to as the early modern period. POLITICAL POWERS
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