Caroline Historical Context Flashcards
1627: Charles I sends an army to help ____ protestants at ___ ___ who were besieged by Catholic Forces
French / La Rochelle
Petition to King Charles, sent by the Parliament complaining of a series of breaches in Law
The Petition of Right
1629: Charles I dissolves the _____ and began 11 years of personal rules
Parliament
1640: ______ ______ opened at Westminister after Charles I was desperate for _____
Short Parliament / funding
1640: the ____ rebelled against Charles I and defeated them in ______ ______
Scots / Northern Ireland
The King and his court were seen as the _______ of the people
enemies
The country was divided by _____
- political struggle
- religious liberty
- literature
These historical characters were framed as the epitome of chivalric courage, courtly love, and patrons of the arts
Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria
The extravagan and sexualized style of ____ _____ created tension between Puritan thinkers and writers
courtly masques
Writers saw ____ ____ as an invitation to sins, like John Milton
courtly masques
In 1644, the Scottish and Parlamentarian armies destroyed ______ _____ _____
Charles I’s Northern Army
In 1645, Parliament established the ______ _____ _____
New Model Army
Reconstructed fighting force led by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell
New Model Army
In 1646, ____ surrended to the _____
Charles / Scots
In 1648, the ______ ____ turns away 1/2 of the parliament estabilishing the ___ _____
Pride’s Purge / “The Rump Parliament”
In 1649, Charles I was executed at Whitehall, London, guilty of ____
tyranny and abuse of power given by God
In 1649, _______ ordered _______ to lead a force across the _______ _____
Parliament / Cromwell / Irish sea
In 1657, _____ was crowned King of _____
Charles II / Scotland
This monarch raised a Scottish army to invade England in 1651
Charles II
Whose army was defeated by Oliver Cromwell at Worcester?
Charles II and his English Royalists
After the Battle of Worcester, ______ was exiled to _______
Charles / France
