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 14

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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
endCause establishment of the English Commonwealth
execution of Charles I
endTime 1649
followedBy Interregnum (England)
linked to: Interregnum
follows Jacobean era
linked to: Stuart period
hasCharacteristic Laudian religious reforms
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
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
period leading to the English Civil War
language Early Modern English
namedAfter Charles I of England
opposedBy English Puritans
linked to: Puritanism
partOf Stuart period
significantEvent Bishops’ Wars
linked to: Bishops' Wars

Long Parliament (from 1640)
Personal Rule (1629–1640)
Short Parliament (1640)
Star Chamber controversies
linked to: Star Chamber

beginning of the English Civil War (1642)
ship money controversy
trial of William Laud
significantFigure Anthony van Dyck
Ben Jonson
Charles I of England
George Herbert
Henrietta Maria of France
Inigo Jones
John Donne
John Milton
Nicholas Lanier
Peter Paul Rubens
Richard Crashaw
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
William Laud
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
Phoenix Theatre, Drury Lane era Caroline era
Lodowick Carlell movement Caroline era
Joseph Taylor historicalPeriod Caroline era
Sons of Ben associatedWith Caroline era
The Roman Actor dramaticPeriod Caroline era