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From: Christian Feuillet <>
Subject: Re: battles
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 14:55:08 -0500


> (Christian Feuillet) wrote:
>
>>Now same religion, different people; I was taught that the Siege of Vienna
>>(celebrated by the still popular food, the croissant) was the landmark
>>choosen as the symbol of the end of the Middle Ages.
>
>This seems rather too late... that was long after the Renaissance which
>followed the Middle Ages (and started "Early Modern").
> ...

I am afraid you are right. I do not know who did the odd job in my brain,
but a bunch of connections must be loose. I know the limit is a bit foggy
between the fall of Byzantium, the "discovery of America, the Reformation
and I have even seen 1540 or 1560, but each country may have its own. I mean
for example: was Lorenzo de Medici (who died in 1492) a Renaissance ruler,
could the war of the Roses mark the limit in England? In France, the switch
is usually place 1 Jan 1515, death of Louis XII - 25 Jan 1515, coronation of
Francois I. Anyway, certainly not 1683-87. Sorry!
And thank you for pointing at it so I do not look like a fool longer than
necessary.

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