Caroline era

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The Caroline era refers to the period of Charles I’s reign in early 17th-century England, marked by courtly culture, religious conflict, and a distinctive refinement in arts and literature.

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Caroline era canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural era
historical period
associatedWith Caroline architecture
Caroline theatre
court masques at Whitehall Palace
metaphysical poetry
royalist literature
country Kingdom of England
dominantReligion Anglicanism NERFINISHED
endCause establishment of the English Commonwealth
execution of Charles I
endTime 1649
followedBy Interregnum (England) NERFINISHED
follows Jacobean era NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic Laudian religious reforms NERFINISHED
absolutist court style
courtly culture
development of metaphysical poetry
growth of royal censorship of the press
high style in architecture and design
increasing Puritan opposition
patronage of the arts
personal rule of Charles I NERFINISHED
refinement in arts
refinement in literature
religious conflict
rise of court masques
royalist ideology
tensions between monarchy and Parliament
hasMainSubject reign of Charles I of England
hasPart Personal Rule of Charles I NERFINISHED
period leading to the English Civil War
language Early Modern English NERFINISHED
namedAfter Charles I of England NERFINISHED
opposedBy English Puritans NERFINISHED
partOf Stuart period NERFINISHED
significantEvent Bishops’ Wars NERFINISHED
Long Parliament (from 1640) NERFINISHED
Personal Rule (1629–1640) NERFINISHED
Short Parliament (1640) NERFINISHED
Star Chamber controversies NERFINISHED
beginning of the English Civil War (1642)
ship money controversy
trial of William Laud
significantFigure Anthony van Dyck NERFINISHED
Ben Jonson NERFINISHED
Charles I of England NERFINISHED
George Herbert NERFINISHED
Henrietta Maria of France NERFINISHED
Inigo Jones NERFINISHED
John Donne NERFINISHED
John Milton NERFINISHED
Nicholas Lanier NERFINISHED
Peter Paul Rubens NERFINISHED
Richard Crashaw NERFINISHED
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford NERFINISHED
William Laud NERFINISHED
startTime 1625

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Cavalier poetry hasLiteraryContext Caroline era
Inns of Court masques period Caroline era
King's Men historicalEra Caroline era
Lord Bornwell literaryPeriod Caroline era
Kickshaw literaryPeriod Caroline era
John Ford literaryPeriod Caroline era
Beaumont and Fletcher notableEra Caroline era
Second Folio of Shakespeare era Caroline era