post-medieval
Since the 1500s
Post-medieval describes the period following the Middle Ages, roughly from the late 15th century onward.
The term appears mainly in archaeology and historical scholarship to classify artifacts, sites, or practices from the early modern era: post-medieval pottery, post-medieval land use patterns.
The exact starting point varies by region and scholarly convention.
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- classicismAdherence to ancient artistic principles
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
frescoes · Leonardo · Michelangelo · Raphael · Botticelli · Gutenberg · chiaroscuro · Venice
Reformation-era Christian movement
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- schismFormal organizational fracture
Counter-Reformation · predestination · iconoclasm · papacy · excommunication · heresy · Puritanism · ecclesiastical
Extending dominion over others
- empireDomain under unified control
- coloniesTerritories under foreign control
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- exploitationSelfish use of others
subjugation · slavery · plantations · mercantilism · settlers · indigenous · territories · annexation
Transition to factory-based economy
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- telegraphElectrical message system
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
telephone · photography · vaccination · anesthesia · antiseptics · automobile · aeroplane · radio
humanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- classicismAdherence to ancient artistic principles
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
perspective · frescoes · Leonardo · Michelangelo · Raphael · Botticelli · Gutenberg · chiaroscuro · Venice · Rome
Protestantism
Reformation-era Christian movement
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
schism · Counter-Reformation · predestination · iconoclasm · papacy · excommunication · heresy · Puritanism · ecclesiastical · theocracy
imperialism
Extending dominion over others
- empireDomain under unified control
- coloniesTerritories under foreign control
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
exploitation · subjugation · slavery · plantations · mercantilism · settlers · indigenous · territories · annexation · protectorate
industrialization
Transition to factory-based economy
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- telegraphElectrical message system
electricity · telephone · photography · vaccination · anesthesia · antiseptics · automobile · aeroplane · radio · typewriter
post-medievalmedieval
Of the Middle Ages
Middle Ages · ancient · early medieval · feudal · Dark Ages
post-medievalpre-industrial
Before mass manufacturing emerged
agrarian · feudal · primitive · archaic · traditional
post, medieval, medium, media, medial, median, mediate, mediation, mediator