Van Dyck's portrait of the young and fashionably dressed Lords John and Bernard Stewart epitomises the Caroline era. Both were to die fighting for the Royalist cause in the Civil War.
Monarch(s)
Charles I
Chronology
Jacobean era
Interregnum
Periods in English history
Prehistoric Britain
until c. 43 AD
Roman Britain
c. 43–410
Sub-Roman Britain
410-c. 449
Anglo-Saxon
c. 449–1066
Norman/Angevin
1066–1216
Plantagenet
1216–1485
Tudor
1485–1603
Elizabethan
1558–1603
Stuart
1603–1714
Jacobean
1603–1625
Caroline
1625–1649
(Interregnum)
1649–1660
Restoration
1660–1714
Georgian era
1714–1837
Regency era
1811–1820
Victorian era
1837–1901
Edwardian era
1901–1914
First World War
1914–1918
Interwar Britain
1919–1939
Second World War
1939–1945
Post-war Britain (political)
1945–1979
Post-war Britain (social)
1945–1979
See also
Political history (1979–present)
Social history (1979–present)
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The Caroline era is the period in English and Scottish history named for the 24-year reign of Charles I (1625–1649). The term is derived from Carolus, Latin for Charles.[1] The Caroline era followed the Jacobean era, the reign of Charles's father James I & VI (1603–1625), overlapped with the English Civil War (1642–1651), and was followed by the English Interregnum until The Restoration in 1660. It should not be confused with the Carolean era which refers to the reign of Charles I's son King Charles II.[2]
The Caroline era was dominated by growing religious, political, and social discord between the King and his supporters, termed the Royalist party, and the Parliamentarian opposition that evolved in response to particular aspects of Charles's rule. While the Thirty Years' War was raging in continental Europe, Britain had an uneasy peace, growing more restless as the civil conflict between the King and the supporters of Parliament worsened.
Despite the friction between King and Parliament dominating society, there were developments in the arts and sciences. The period also saw the colonisation of North America with the foundation of new colonies between 1629 and 1636 in Carolina, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Development of colonies in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Newfoundland also continued. In Massachusetts, the Pequot War of 1637 was the first major armed conflict between the people of New England and the Pequot Tribe.
^Hirsch, Edward (2014). A Poet's Glossary. p. 93. ISBN 9780547737461.
The Carolineera is the period in English and Scottish history named for the 24-year reign of Charles I (1625–1649). The term is derived from Carolus,...
of England in 1603 as James I. The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Carolineera. The term "Jacobean" is often used for the distinctive...
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England & VII of Scotland went into exile. The Carolean era should not be confused with the Carolineera which refers to the reign of Charles II's father, Charles...
Carolus). There is no official list of Caroline-era divines; they are defined by the era in which they lived, and Caroline Divines hailed from England, Ireland...
Look up Caroline or caroline in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caroline may refer to: Caroline (given name), a feminine given name J. C. Caroline (born...
breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (1603–1625) and of the Carolineera (1625–1642). In midlife, Jonson said his paternal grandfather...
1485–1603) Elizabethan era (England, 1558–1603) Stuart period (British Isles, 1603–1714) Jacobean era (British Isles, 1603–1625) Carolineera (British Isles,...
Christopher of Bavaria (1441–1448) and he was the first king of the Swedish Carolineera, which had its peak during the end of the reign of his son, Charles XI...
supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics The Cardinal (1641 play), a Carolineera tragedy by James Shirley The Cardinal (1901 play), a historical play...
Grace described Caroline and Stéphanie as "warm, bright, amusing, intelligent and capable girls. They're very much in tune with their era. Besides being...
role in the development of drama through the Elizabethan era and into the Jacobean and Caroline periods that followed. (See: Children of the Chapel; Children...
The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically...
performed in the Carolineera, though the fashion for this soon waned under pressures of social and political change. Throughout these eras, platonic love...
House of Hanover. The yellow bars show Stuart rule. Jacobean era (1603–1625) Carolineera (1625–1642) English Civil War (1642–1651) Interregnum (1649–1660)...
Caroline Bliss (born 12 July 1961) is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She played M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny,...
The Regency era of British history is commonly described as the years between c. 1795 and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only...
era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. Slightly different definitions are sometimes used. The era...
Jacobean era refers to the years of the reign of James I in England, 1603–1625. The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Carolineera, and...
tumultuous Carolineera was the reign of King Charles I (1625–1645), followed by his beheading by Oliver Cromwell's regime in 1649 . The Carolineera was dominated...
The Example is a Carolineera stage play, a comedy written by James Shirley, first published in 1637. The play has repeatedly been acclaimed both as one...
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Caroline Amelia Elizabeth; 17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Caroline Bauer (29 March 1807 – 18 October 1877) was a German actress of the Biedermeier era who used the name Lina Bauer. Caroline Philippina Augusta...
masques and masques of the nobility were most popular in the Jacobean and Carolineera. Such masques, as their name implies, relied heavily upon a non-verbal...
The Broken Heart is a Carolineera tragedy written by John Ford, and first published in 1633. "The play has long vied with 'Tis Pity She's a Whore as Ford's...
The Antipodes is a Carolineera stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome c. 1636. Many critics have ranked The Antipodes as "his best play...Brome's...
The Politician is a Carolineera stage play, a tragedy written by James Shirley, and first published in 1655. The Politician, along with another Shirley...
/bruːm/; (c. 1590? – 24 September 1652) was an English dramatist of the Carolineera. Virtually nothing is known about Brome's private life. Repeated allusions...
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