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| English Civil War->Charles II (dates) |
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| ECW: 1642-1649. Commonwealth/Interregnum/Cromwell: 1650-1660. Charles II returns from France/restoration (Stuart monarchy): 1660 |
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| protestant w/ French/catholic sympathies. no legitimate heir (->exclusion crisis) |
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| CII's catholic brother james next in line. exclusionists want to appoint illegit son James of Monmouth. |
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| begins 1688. william (husband of mary, jame's oldest daughter) shows up w/ army, james flees. parliament sanctions their crowning |
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| supporters of james in england after his flight |
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| starts w/ execution of CI. governed by The Protectorate w/ Cromwell at its head. direct personal rule. |
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| july 14 1789-1799. essential psychological influence on 1st gen authors (wworth, blake esp.) turnaround & become quite conservative later. reign of terror1793-1794. |
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| american revolution (dates) |
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| decl independence: 1776. treaty of paris: 1783 |
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| major themes of dryden's major works |
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| religio laici: deist crisis. A&A: exclusion crisis. MacF: cultural crisis |
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| 1678. titus oates presents perjured testimony suggesting jesuit plot to assassinate king and reestablish catholic rule in england |
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| england=israel. CII=david. Monmouth=absalom. Shaftesbury (Exclusionist leader)=Achitophel (absalom's evil advisor) |
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