British Lit Final

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Stuarts/Jacobites

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Jacobites are supporters of the defenders of the throne (James 2nd)

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James I

Back 2

Follows Elizabeth

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King James Bible

Back 3

A translation of the bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commissioned for the church of England

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Carpe Diem

Back 4

An analogy of the cavaliers, meaning to seize the day

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Cavaliers

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Soliders, the poets, into fashion, Ben Johnson

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Puritans

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Adheres to strict religious principles, someone opposed to sensual pleasures

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Oliver Cromwell

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Leader of the Puritan army, civil war

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Round heads

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supporters of the puritan army, called roundheads because of their haircut

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ironsides

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nickname for oliver cromwell

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Civil war

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civil war in England between parliamentarians and the royalists under Charles 1, 1644-1648

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Thomas Hobbes

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Believed that man was bad and needed a common law government, he supported the idea of an absolute monarchy

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Metaphysical conceit

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a conceit is a type of metaphor, where 2 things not normally compared are compared, and a metaphysical conceit uses metaphysical images

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charles 2nd

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king of england & scotland and ireland during the restoration

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restoration 1660

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monarchy is restored to England after the puritan government, Charles 2nd is asked to come back and rule England

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great fire 1666

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fire that burns down london

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Christopher Wren

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architect who designs and rebuilds london after the fire, builds london out of stone

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St. Pauls cathedral

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designed by Wren after the fire

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royal society

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society for science, supported by charles 2nd

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glorius revolution

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bloodless revolution, mary & william, the orange are hired to come back and be the king and queen of england

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habeas corpus

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a write ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge, under William & Mary it was extended to ordinary people

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William & Mary

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monarchs of England

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cult of sensibility

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a new philosophy that comes prominent in the 18th century, meaning one can have manners, can be sensitive, and have common sense, and fostered social reforms

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1688 Poet Laureate/Dryden

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1st poet laureate of england

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Terms for the 18th century

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Augustan Age
Enlightenment
Neoclassical

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Satire

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Devoted to the tact of social ills, used by Jonathan Swift

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Baroque

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Style of art popular during the 17th century, using heavy and rough

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Rococco

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opposite of baroque

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john locke

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thought we gained ideas from experience, and that people were born as a blank slate

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tabula rasa

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blank slate, men are born without knowledge, knowledge and experience shape men

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Isaac Newton

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English mathematician and physicist, remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion

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Handovers

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names of the last name of the georges that are the sons of Sophia, Hanniber, and the king during the 18th century

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deism

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view that replaces typical christianity, predominant in the 18th century

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rough street

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street where theres a concentration of bohemians and raggers

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whig/tory

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2 political parties, whigs are non conformities, tories are more conservative and traditionalists

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skepticism

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during the 18 century, humans could gain a sufficient degree of knowledge, but absolute certainty was vain

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common sense

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part of the age of reason

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evangelicals

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part of the movement of the 18th century

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emblem

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visual transference