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Called both postmedieval and early modern, the Renaissance glitters as a bridge period that helped bring about the modern age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Here they are raised on nearly chest-high pedestals, diminishing the effect, but the distortions are noteworthy nevertheless because they are signs of the artists’ postmedieval modernity.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2015

The fact that it has become reality�even if in a sparsely populated, postmedieval mountain kingdom�is an extraordinary development.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for postmedieval petroleum distillation, 19th-century chemists found the middle distillate fraction useful as fuel for oil lamps.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

If patent rights, capitalism, and certain religions do promote technology, what selected for those factors in postmedieval Europe but not in contemporary China or India?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond