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# Edades de la Historia Universal ## Edades de la Historia Universal * Edad Antigua * Edad Media * Edad Moderna (1453 - 1789) * Edad Contemporánea # Características de la Edad Moderna The Edad Moderna starts in the middle or end of the 15th century (1453 or 1492), finishing in 1789, in the 18th ce...

# Edades de la Historia Universal ## Edades de la Historia Universal * Edad Antigua * Edad Media * Edad Moderna (1453 - 1789) * Edad Contemporánea # Características de la Edad Moderna The Edad Moderna starts in the middle or end of the 15th century (1453 or 1492), finishing in 1789, in the 18th century. Many are the characteristics that identify these 300 years of humanity, among the most remarkable we have: * The predominance of the individual, mentality opened to all concerns. * Religious intolerance that leads them to wars. * The consolidation of absolute monarchies. * The development of the arts and sciences. * The great geographical discoveries are produced. * The growth of the bourgeoisie. * The development of the capitalist system. * Turkish presence and dominion in Eastern Europe. * The American continent falls under colonial rule by the European powers that have conquered and colonized it. * European supremacy. All this new way of thinking and acting in the religious, political, economic and social fields brought about, as a consequence, a new vision of the world that will characterize modern times. # Principal Transformations of the Modern World In the middle of the 15th and 16th centuries, a series of transformations began to take place in the economic, political, social, religious, and cultural order of humanity, different from the Middle Ages, in the way of living and thinking. Among the transformations that mark the beginning of the Modern Age are: ## Transformations * **Economic Transformation** > The great economic resources that are given by the conquered countries, as well as the protection in the customs activity for the exchange of a growing and new manufacture; gave a great impetus to the world economy, giving way to the new means of production that we will study, known as capitalism later. * **Political Transformation** > In the 15th and 16th centuries, the weakening and elimination of feudalism and the existence of many small states, giving rise to the great monarchies, in which the power of the king is absolute, are clearly manifested. * **Social Transformation** > In this new order that is being given in these centuries, a new social class known as the bourgeoisie emerges, which takes refuge in cities, and directly influences the economic, political, and cultural aspects of the time. * **Religious Transformation** > The authority of the Church, which had dominated throughout the Middle Ages, begins to show signs of weakening as a result of the crisis produced during the 16th century, known as the Reformation, provoking the division of the Christian world. * **Cultural Transformation** > Society is no longer only concerned with its military training, as it was in the Middle Ages. It now expands its intellectual level thanks to the knowledge of printing and the intensification of studies.