EARLY MODERN EUROPE in MOVIES

Extending from the 1450s to the 1750s Early Modern Europe was an important period during which many significant events and developments such as Renaissance, the Discoveries, Reform, the Thirty-Year Wars, the rise of absolute monarchies and/or constitutional monarchies took place. Due to some developments such as Renaissance and the Discoveries, Early Modern Era was also an important time period not only in Europe but also in many other regions of the World. Because of this, it has become a subject of many scholarly studies in the West. But neither in Turkey nor in the West, has Early Modern Europe in films appeared to be a subject of any scholarly study. This article, based on the analysis of some movies such as Agony and Ecstasy (1965), 1492: The Conquest of Paradise (1992), Luther (2003), A Man for All Seasons (1966), Cromwell (1970), Queen Elizabeth (1998), Elizabeth: Golden Age (2007), La Reine Margot (1994) and The Three Musketeers (1993), aims to examine how some historical events were described in movies. It also seeks to show whether or not films can be used a material of history teaching