The FrenchBy Kambiz Hafizi

Early Modern Europe

Refers to the time period roughly around the late 15th century to the late 18th century

Often considered to have begun with such events as: The invention of moveable type printing in the 1450s The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 The Voyages of Christopher Columbus beginning in

1492 or The start of the Protestant Reformation in 1517

Its end is often linked with the outset of the French Revolution in 1789, or with the more nebulous origins of industrialism in late 18th century Britain

The Early Modern Europe

•It provoked Reformation and

the religious conflicts which led

to: French Wars of Religion the European colonization of the Americas

and the peak of the European witch-hunt

phenomenon.

•Science developed as a

formalized practice.

•Secularized civic politics, law

courts, and the nation state

were established.

•Rise of global systems of

international economic, cultural

and intellectual exchange

played an important role in the

development of capitalism and

represents the earliest phase of

globalization.

• The Hundred Years’ War

was a series of wars over

the French throne.

•The senior Capetian line of

French kings became

extinct with no direct male

decedents to take over the

throne, leaving it vacant.

•The conflict started in

1337 with a dispute over

who was the rightful king

of France

The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453)

The Major Wars

Edwardian War (1337-1360)The Caroline War (1369–1389) the Lancastrian War (1415–1429)and the slow decline of

Plantagenet fortunes after the appearance of Joan of Arc

(1412–1431).