The Caroline Era
1625-1649
Culture
Palladianism in architecture
Cavalier poetry
History
Governance
Wars
The 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars
English Civil War
(1642-1651)
Monarch:
Charles I
Conflict:
Royalist party (King's people) VS Parlamentarian opposition
Classical style had arrived from Italy and France (Inigo Jones)
Theater
Promoting the king
love, nature, sensuality, drinking, good fellowship, honor, social life
masque
Closing of the theaters in 1642
Painting
Influence of Charles I as a collector
Anthony van Dick, the most prized artist from the court of Charles I
Portraits of rich people
Science
William Harvey's study on the circulatory system
Sir Francis Bacon
Wrote over 30 philosophical works, many books and essays on law and history
Thomas Hobbes worked on some of his key concepts (founder of modern political philosophy)
Advancements toward the modern mathematical language (Thomas Harriot, William Oughtred)
