Early Modern English was used from the late 15th century to the mid to late 17th century.
Early Modern English is the stage of the English language used from the beginning of the Tudor period until the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English in the late 15th century to the transition to Modern English during the mid to late 17th century.
Modern readers of English are generally able to understand texts written in the late phase of the Early Modern English period (e.g. the first edition of the King James Bible and the works of William Shakespeare), while texts from the earlier phase (such as Le Morte d'Arthur) may present more difficulties. Indeed, the Early Modern English of the early 17th century forms the base of the grammatical and orthographical conventions that survive in Modern English.
