An Epoch on the Rise

On ‘Pentiment’, the Early Modern Period in Games and Microhistory Abstract: ‘Pentiment’ marks a turning point in history in two ways. First, the game is set in the 16th century, the time of the Reformation, the Peasants’ War and the Renaissance, thus, symbolising the beginning of a new era, the so-called Early Modern Period (1500–1800). Second, the game shifts focus in the press and public discourse onto this era. This is long overdue since, although this time has long been established as an...