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I use 1453 for the end of the Middle Ages.

Different historians give different dates for the end of the Middle Ages. These range from about 1400 to 1517, when Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses. The commonest date given is 1453, which was the year Constantinople fell to the Turks and also the year of the official end of the Hundred Years' War. 1485 is used in the UK, as it is the year the Wars of the Roses ended. 1492, the year of Columbus' voyage and the fall of Grenada, is also used.

For some purposes, such as art history, other dates might be used. The Renaissance is said to have begun during the 14th century, barely after the Black Death, and there is some overlap between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Also, the Renaissance is said to have spread from Italy to other parts of Europe, reaching those parts at different dates.

Yes, in England, 1485 is commonly used, not only because it was the end of the wars of the roses, but also the end of the Plantagenets who had ruled for nearly 4 centuries.

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