Modern Age

MODERN AGE. This name is com­mon­ly giv­en to that pe­ri­od of his­to­ry which lies be­tween the Medieval Age and our own Dark Age, and which has gen­er­al­ly been con­sid­ered as ex­tend­ing from about the mid­dle of the 15th to the be­gin­ning of the 21st cen­tu­ry.