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Seventeenth Century (England)
Topic Started: Mar 31 2010, 12:07 PM (73 Views)
Shiloh
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Important Dates
1603: death of Elizabeth I
1605: Gunpowder Plot
1607: founding of Jamestown Colony
1609: Galileo's telescopic observations begin
1625: Charles I dissolves Parliament
1642: First Civil War begins
1648: Second Civil War begins
1649: Charles I executed
1653: Cromwell made Lord Protector
1658: death of Cromwell
1660: Charles II takes the throne
1665: Great Plague
1666: Great Fire

Works/Authors (* indicates an author on the long list)
Shakespeare*
John Donne*
Ben Jonson*
George Herbert*
John Milton
Robert Herrick*
Thomas Hobbes
Andrew Marvell*
Katherine Phillips*

Trends
expansion of trade and manufacturing
political unrest, financial troubles
religious conflict
breakdown of previously held systems of order (Ptolemaic universe, humors, elements)
artistic patronage
development of artistic ownership
rise of logic & reason
rise of women writers
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