Uchronia refers to a hypothetical time period of our world, in contrast to fictional lands or worlds. A concept similar to alternate history but different in the manner that uchronic times are not easily defined (mainly placed in some distant point near prehistory), reminiscent of a 'Conworld'. Still people often use uchronia to refer to an alternate history.
The word is a neologism from the word utopia (Greek u-topos not-land), replacing topos w...
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Uchronia refers to a hypothetical time period of our world, in contrast to fictional lands or worlds. A concept similar to alternate history but different in the manner that uchronic times are not easily defined (mainly placed in some distant point near prehistory), reminiscent of a 'Conworld'. Still people often use uchronia to refer to an alternate history.
The word is a neologism from the word utopia (Greek u-topos not-land), replacing topos with chronos (time). It was coined by Charles Renouvier as the title of his 1876 novel Uchronie (L'Utopie dans l'histoire). Esquisse historique apocryphe du développement de la civilisation européenne tel qu'il n'a pas été, tel qu'il aurait pu être., reprinted 1988, ISBN 2-213-02058-2.
The concept of Merry England is an example of uchronic myth. It refers to a poorly-defined point after Medieval England, mainly existing as a collective memory and nostalgia of a better past, although historically such a period never existed.
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