intro to 17th century: queen elizabeth died ruled for 4 decades james VI took over had kids to inherit stuff grew up in scotland wrote 2 books about govt true laws of free monarchs was one thought he was picked by god, absolute monarch tongue was said to be too large for mouth never washed hands generally filthy lots of friction between england and scotland successor was charles I defeated and beheaded in 1649 oliver cromwell took power until 1658, then charles II back from exile to rule printing press contributed to expansion of literacy lots of important people rumors of homosexuality in court, aka "intense male friendship" kept england out of religious wars 1611, peace treaty... industrial revolution beginning primary conflict, catholics vs protestants p579 everyone legally required to attend church of england 1605, gunpowder plot, tried to blow up parliament prince henry died of typhoid charles liked dissolving parliament, did it for 10 years at one point charles married to catholic french princess for political reasons bacon wrote advancement of learning and other works that question old ideas circulation of blood discovered existence of patron system, money and services for artistic works jacobean writers ben johnson native londoner wrote controversial plays changed focus to family relationships celebrated classical and humanistic ideals of friendship no monetary desire, just fame john donne born into family of roman christians wrote about relationship between speaker and one other being fascinated by religious doctrines demands to be raped by god in one poem addressed to selected few avoided print pub george herbert son of wealthy family ordained in CoE destroyed secular verse in English and turned volume of religious verse to friend on death bed The Temple major influence on next gen of religious lyric poets aemiliaa lanyer first to pub large volume of orig poems (exam) elizabeth cary (lady falkland) the essay emergence of major prose genre influenced shakespeare and others women in literature introduced during reign of steward kings most women writers were from nobility and gentry the caroline era charles took throne in 1625, greatly affected lit of caroline period william prynne pub tirade of 1K pages against stage plays, court masques, stained glass windows, other stripped of acedemic degrees the revolutionary era emergence of toleration, sep of church and state, freedom from press censor, popular sovereignty collapse of effective royal govt changed laws on press censorship presbyterians wanted national church, others wanted toleration roger williams radical religious leader argued that christ mandated the complete sep of church and state the effects of these on literature and culture english civil war disastrous for theater one of first acts after hostilities began was to abolish public plays and sports many poets imprisoned or exiled henry vaughan wrote religious verse expressing intense longing for past eras of innocence and for perfection of heaven presentation of john donne born in 1572, fam suffered for loyalty to catholic church oxford, left without degree law school wanted a public career, but was catholic, so no go converted to CoE to get somewhere married his boss's daughter, got fired had 12 children forced to be ordained (essentially) flea: attempting to seduce female friend air and angels: air purest, so that's how angels manifest, woman's body as medium for love sonnet 5: struggle between science and religion sonnet 10: men will sonnet 14: wants to be raped by god, wants to be consumed by god's presence conceit:extended metaphor