Intro to the Restoration & Enlightenment Flashcards
In what year did the Restoration & Enlightenment begin?
1660
In what year did the Restoration & Enlightenment end?
1798
What English monarch returned from exile to restore the Monarchy?
King Charles II
Charles II was a member of what house?
Stuart
In what country did Charles II spend most of his exile?
France
What religion did Charles II re-establish in England?
Anglicanism
What new political party wanted to limit royal authority?
Whigs
What new political party supported royal authority?
Tories
After Charles II died, who became King?
King James II
What do we call the forced abdication of the throne by James II?
The Glorious Revolution
After James II abdicated the throne, who became King?
King William III
After James II abdicated the throne, who became Queen?
Queen Mary II
What royal decree barred Catholics from the English throne?
The Act of Settlement
What protestant sister of Mary established Great Britain?
Queen Anne
What distant German cousin of Queen Anne was next in line to obtain the throne?
King George I
George I was a member of what house?
Hanove
What son of George I was the next King of England?
King George II
To which monarch does “The Madness of King George” refer?
King George III
What is The Enlightenment also known as?
The Age of Reason
What is the literary movement that focused on order, balance, logic and reason known as?
Neoclassicism
What political philosopher taught the rights of citizens to revolt against an unfair government?
John Locke
What scientist developed the Scientific Method, as well as explaining gravity and motion?
Sir Isaac Newton
When was the “Golden Age of Satire?”
17th-18th Century
What is satire?
A literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society
Where did satire begin?
Greece
Where did satire “come into its own?”
Rome
It was believed that satirists were the guardians of the what?
The culture
What is horatian satire?
Playfully amusing and refined. It seeks to correct vice or foolishness with gentle laughter and understanding
What is juvenalian satire?
Provokes a darker kind of laughter. It is often bitter, or even angry, and criticizes corruption or incompetence with scorn and outrage
Who wrote the first English dictionary?
Robert Cawdrey
What is the (shortened) title of the first English dictionary?
A Table Alphebeticall
Approximately how many entries were in A Table Alphabeticall?
2,500
Who single-handedly wrote A Dictionary of the English Language?
Samuel Johnson
Approximately how many entries were in A Dictionary of the English Language?
42,773
What is a Lexicographer?
Someone who writes and studies dictionaries
Who wrote A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language?
John Walker
What American published An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828?
Noah Webster
In 1857, what society resolved to promote a “New English Dictionary?”
The Philological Society
James A.H. Murray was the first editor of what dictionary?
The Oxford English Dictionary
Approximately how many entries were in the first edition of The Oxford English Dictionary?
414,000
