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Age of World Wars? Yuk! Phil -----Original Message----- From: Brown, Duncan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 11 May 2000 10:34 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: POST MEDIEVAL and MODERN Am I right in thinking that Neil is suggesting using "Early Modern" as an alternate/preferred term for "Post Medieval" (or at least part of that period)? Would this be part of a sequence (eg Early, High, Late and Post Modern)? If so, what would be the definitions of each part of the sequence? Personally I dislike using the period term "Modern" except where it refers to well-defined art/architectural movements. It is similar to using a relative term like "Contemporary" which can be defined by the different perspectives of either the subject or the object of a sentence. What about alternative terms for "Modern" for the late 19th and 20th centuries? Colonial, Age of World Wars, post-Industrial, or other relevant terms somehow seem inadequate and partial from the present perspective. Maybe "Nuclear" is one answer (Madame Curie - Manhattan Project - Chernobyl, etc). Duncan Neil Campling wrote: This is why I suggested the term "Early Modern" to begin to break the post-medieval period into meaningful chunks. If the term "Modernist" can apply to cultural items/schools of thought which are now finished, surely "Modern" as a pure term could apply to a period in history which is not current or recent. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%