English Literature / Unit 8 ENL 0701 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Early Seventeenth Century
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The idea
James the First, king of Scotland, became king of England in sixteen-oh-three and claimed rule by divine right. His son Charles the First clashed with Parliament, and the Civil War ended in Charles's execution in sixteen forty-nine and Cromwell's rule, until the Restoration of sixteen sixty.
In practice
James, Charles, war, Commonwealth.
Where people slip
Politics and religion divide the poets too.
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