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Brit Lit Final
Era dates/concepts
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Undergraduate 3
05/07/2011

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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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Charles II
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protestant w/ French/catholic sympathies. no legitimate heir (->exclusion crisis)
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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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glorious revolution
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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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jacobites
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supporters of james in england after his flight
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commonwealth
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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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french revolution
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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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popish plot
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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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A&A parallels
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england=israel. CII=david. Monmouth=absalom. Shaftesbury (Exclusionist leader)=Achitophel (absalom's evil advisor)
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