Early modernity: rethinking the period's boundary
The article is devoted to reflections on the boundaries of Early Modem period. In Russian historiography, there is a consensus associated with the definition of the chronological framework of Early Modem Times in the late XV- late XVIII centuries. At the same time, in recent years the foreign researchers have shown a tendency to shift the boundary of Early Modem Times to the middle of the XIV century. The analysis of the political processes that have taken place since this time in Europe leads to the necessity to the rethinking the usual boundaries of early modem times.