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époque moderne

English translation: early modern era


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French term or phrase:époque moderne
English translation:early modern era
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French term or phrase: époque moderne
Defined as the era between the 15th and 18th centuries in source text and elsewhere. Does this timeframe have an official name in English or will I have to settle for an explanatory translation?

Context:

L'époque moderne (du XVème au XVIIIème siècle) est caractérisée par l'essor industriel, commercial et territorial de l'Europe.

Thanks in advance!
CherryPie
Local time: 21:14
early modern era
Explanation:
time period - 15th to 18th century:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern
http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=Early_Modern
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/eme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times
http://www.pompey.cch.kcl.ac.uk/Early_Modern_Era.htm
http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/fet/fue/eng/fb01/fb01_09_11...

Some historians place the start date later than others a lot of these references give the same dates as you.

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-11-13 20:40:55 GMT)
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there was supposed to be a 'but' in there - *but* these references give the same time period as you.
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laenai
France
Local time: 21:14
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Thanks very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5early modern era
laenai
4 +3early modern period/times
Kévin Bacquet
4 +1modern agemediamatrix


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
early modern period/times


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times
Kévin Bacquet
France
Local time: 21:14
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  emiledgar
30 mins
  -> Merci!

agree  Christopher Crockett: Yes. Commonly used to distinguish the "transitional" period between the late middle ages and the modern period.
16 hrs

agree  mistahara: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_periods
18 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
modern age


Explanation:
Modern Times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWithin the Early Modern Age, some events shaped the world immensely:. Martin Luther challenges the Church on 31 October 1517 with the 95 Theses: Reformation ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times - 36k - Cached - Similar pages


mediamatrix
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeanette Phillips: or modern times - they both sound fresh
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
early modern era


Explanation:
time period - 15th to 18th century:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern
http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=Early_Modern
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/eme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times
http://www.pompey.cch.kcl.ac.uk/Early_Modern_Era.htm
http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/fet/fue/eng/fb01/fb01_09_11...

Some historians place the start date later than others a lot of these references give the same dates as you.

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-11-13 20:40:55 GMT)
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there was supposed to be a 'but' in there - *but* these references give the same time period as you.

laenai
France
Local time: 21:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Euqinimod
24 mins
  -> merci

agree  Bourth: Tho' since it's defined parenthetically in the French I see no problem with just "modern era"!
1 hr

agree  Alison Jeffries-Thierry: yes, I agree with Bourth - I would have put just modern era.
4 hrs

agree  narasimha CSN MURTHY
7 hrs

agree  Melissa McMahon: or "beginning of the modern era" as a compromise between modern/early modern
11 hrs
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