ENG3340- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 57 pages long!)
5 Dec 2017
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Rulers: queen elizabeth i (1558-1603) last of the tudor monarchs, stuart monarchs (1603-1714, james i (1603-1625): qei"s cousin. House of lords and house of commons at the same time: charles i (1625-1649) more absolutist. Tries to rule without summoning parliament for 9 years. Charles is overthrown, then executed in: 1650s- commonwealth period. Oliver cromwell is lord protector (1653-58): milton was his latin secretary: charles ii (1660-1685) invited back by parliament, james ii (1685-1688) Religion: protestant nation, qei brought protestant consensus together, church mandatory, language varies. Church of england: puritan: reform-minded protestant (word above in ages, get rid of everything catholic/popeish: they"re suspicious of images, religious sects appeared (presbyterians, etc cromwell associated) Revolution also english civil war (1642-1646) between royalists and parliamentarians: 1648-1649: blast of fighting execution in 1649, milton on side of revolution. Court culture flourished: 1660-theateres opened again, female actors allowed.
