Chronology of events

Puritan age (from Charle I to Cromwell)

The Civil war

In 1625, Charles I succeeded his father Kames I

Causes

In 1642 he refused the command of the force

Charlis I believed that he was the king by right

He had clashed with parlament

consequences

(1642-1649)

Oliver Cromwell took over control London

The monarchy was abolished and replaced by a republic (the commonwealth)

The king was imprisoned in 1647

On January 30, 1649, the remaining members voted for the execution of the king

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They are extreme Protestants

They thought that the Engish reformation had had not done enought to reform the doctrines and structure of the Church

Supporters of the parlamentary party

They believed that the personal salvaion depended on God

They viewed the Bible as a guide to the life

They wanted to purify the national Churh and they wanted a balance between the king and parlament

The bourgeoisie grew (in 1964 there was the foundation of the Bank of England) and aimed to increase its wealth and culture. :

• The first cafeterias opened, in which one met for business and to talk about the news. "The Tatler" and "the spectator" were the first published: they were the first newspaper. The main purpose of "The Spectator" was to "revive morality with wit and temper it with morality," which is to entertain and educate at the same time.

• The style was simple and direct, the novel became the most common form of fiction, it is fictional, and tells of events and fictional characters although representative of real life.

The 18th-century novelist was the spokesman of the middle class: he wrote in a simple way to be understood by less educated readers.

History must attract the trader from the practical mentality: the subject is always the middle-class man and his problems; the characters fight for survival or social success.

• The Augustan age: (700) is the age of reason, the age of "ENLIGHTENMENT“, it was an era that rejected imagination and romanticism: it was the triumph of reason, order and rationality**

FRANK BARNACHEA, ASIA ANASTASI, CARLO SANNA E GIULIA DI CINTIO*