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Stuart Period Test Flashcards

1
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List the three reasons the Commonwealth government failed.

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  1. It sank further and further into debt, 2. Independents and Presbyterians couldn’t agree on matters of church government, 3. Richard Cromwell was not an effective successor to his father
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What year did the Restoration take place?

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1660

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List three facts about the Westminster Confession.

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It temporarily replaced the 39 articles of the English church, it became the official creed of the Scottish Presbyterian church, it was comprised of a longer and shorter catechism

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4
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Define Latitudinarianism.

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The broadening of Christian identity that limits doctrinal essentials

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5
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During whose reign did the first English dictionaries appear?

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James I

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What did William and Mary do after they were crowned king and queen?

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Write a Bill of Rights

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What did Sir Francis Bacon conclude is needed?

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More direct observation of external phenomena and less dependence on ancient authorities such as Aristotle and Galen for information about the physical world

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What two things did Bacon’s style of his essays show?

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Extreme compression and balance

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When Bacon advocates reading books rapidly and superficially, what process does he describe?

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Swallowing

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Read only in parts (skimming)

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To be tasted

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To read it and know what’s there

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To be swallowed cursorily

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To read it wholly with diligence and attention

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To be chewed and digested

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13
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In “Of Great Place”, what principles is Bacon talking about?

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Great leadership

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14
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Bacon concluded they needed to accept what as graciously as possible?

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Criticism

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15
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They needed to learn to do what as a general rule?

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Delegate responsibilities

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16
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We should give clear reasons when we what?

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Change our position

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17
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Why did Sir Francis Bacon go on trial?

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For taking bribes (confessed he was guilty but wasn’t influenced to show favoritism)

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18
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Bacon says when a man gains power over others, paradoxically, he does what?

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Loses power over himself, his own time and actions

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19
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Death presses heavily on him who dies well known to others but …?

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Unknown to himself

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20
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List two things about the quote: “Illi mors gravis incubat, qui notus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur sibi.”

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It was a quote from a play and was the best well-known and most influential moral maxim of the Renaissance

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21
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What precedes repentance in salvation?

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Self-recognition

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22
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John Donne converted from what to what?

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Catholicism to Anglicanism

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23
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What was John Donne jailed for?

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An imprudent marriage to his bosses 17 year old niece

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24
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John Donne became the dean of what?

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St. Paul’s cathedral

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25
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What 20th century poet was largely responsible for a resurgence of literary interest in Donne?

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T.S. Elliot

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26
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Donne wrote treaties against what?

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Catholicism

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27
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List the four characteristics of metaphysical verse.

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They have arrestingly abrupt openings, dramatic personal quality, roughened meter, and striking figurative physical comparisons (conceit)

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28
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What differentiates the metaphysical from the Petrarchan conceit?

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The logical rather than the literal or physical basis of comparison

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29
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Know Enjambement, Caesura, apostrophe, epigrams, and pun.

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I never put these in my notes so yeah

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30
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“Your trumpets, Angels; and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities” is en example of what three literary concepts?

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Enjambement, Caesura, and apostrophe

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31
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What occurs prior to taking holy communion?

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Self-examination

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32
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The speaker’s attitude in “A Hymn to God the Father” is described as what?

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Confident

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33
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What is the theme of his second sermon?

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God is so powerful, He can easily reconcile opposites

34
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What is unusual about the statement “Stand still and I will read to thee”?

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It is a command (not the usual way to start a poem)

35
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The way “Lecture Upon a Shadow” is started is characteristic of what?

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His verses (also metaphysical)

36
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Ben Jonson was the first English author to what?

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Publish his own works

37
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What was Jonson’s official title?

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Poet laureate

38
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What did Jonson’s imitators become known as?

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The cavalier poets

39
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What does Jonson’s poetry anticipate?

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Neoclassicism

40
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What three things does “Song to Celia” imply?

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Celia’s gaze is better than heavenly drink, dead flowers revive at her breath, dead flowers retain her fragrance

41
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What is the mythological drink of the gods?

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Nectar

42
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According to Jonson, so high a being cannot be honored by what?

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An earthly symbol

43
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How is Jonson’s poetry described?

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Informal, yet clear and precise

44
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George Herbert is known as the greatest writer of what?

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English devotionals

45
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Herbert wrote a series of poems called what, published shortly after his death?

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“The Temple”

46
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What is the religious viewpoint of “The Temple”?

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Primarily Anglican

47
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The sequence of poems in “The Temple” starts at the outside porch of the temple and ultimately ends where?

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The Holy of Holies

48
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How does the landlord grant his tenant’s request?

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By dying

49
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The poet apologizes for how he has used what?

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His eyes

50
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Herbert stresses that inward preparation for service is more important than what?

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Outward preparation

51
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What is the theme of “Virtue” that this poem applies in a Christian context that the cavalier poets used hedonistically?

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Carpe diem

52
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Rutherford’s “Lex Rex” advocates what three things?

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Limited monarchy, theocracy, and ecclesiastical absolutism

53
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Baxter’s “Saints Everlasting Rest” was written from the author’s personal experience with what?

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Suffering

54
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Baxter says that God has given us the spirit to do what?

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Mortify the flesh

55
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What was John Milton?

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A writer and a politician who went blind

56
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Milton was more what than what?

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Independent than Presbyterian

57
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Milton maintained that genuine virtue requires what?

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Testing

58
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Milton believed that Christ was not ________ with God.

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Co-equal

59
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What is the theme of Sonnet 18?

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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church

60
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What is the topic of the great prose treatise “Areopagitica”?

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Freedom of the press

61
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In “Paradise Lost”, the hero is _____ but the true hero is ______

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Satan, Christ

62
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According to the introductory lines, what is “Paradise Lost”’s primary purpose?

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To justify the ways of God to men

63
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What is the first question Milton asks?

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“Who caused man to fall”?

64
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Satan argued with Eve at the tree saying what three things?

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“Surely God will not get angry over such a petty trespass”, “God will admire you for daring to challenge Him”, “Death actually means to become a god”

65
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Satan erroneously associates what with what in his speech to Eve?

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Innocence with ignorance

66
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Why does God allow Satan to escape the lake of burning fire according to Milton?

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So he could confirm his own damnation by repeatedly committing crimes and so that he could witness the failure of these attempts to thwart Providence

67
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According to Milton, what happens when Eve eats of the fruit?

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Nature groans and trembles

68
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What is Pepys attitude toward the Puritans?

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Inconsistent

69
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Pepys is a ______ who helped build the ____ ______.

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Diarist, British navy

70
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At the conclusion of Dr. Bates’ sermon, Pepys expresses a fear of what?

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Bad preachers

71
Q

In the summary of the events of 1666, what three problems were occurring?

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A demoralized navy, insufficient taxation, and powerful foreign enemies

72
Q

What is the title of Bunyan’s spiritual autobiography?

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“Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners”

73
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The central metaphor of “Pilgrims Progress” compares life to what?

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A journey

74
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Bunyan’s style includes what three things?

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Plain language, didacticism, and emotional sincerity

75
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The narrator of “Pilgrims Progress” presents the story in what way?

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As something he dreamed about

76
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In the story, what does Christian do in regards to the mountain?

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Christian climbs up to Mt. Sinai, becomes afraid that the mountain will fall on him, the hill turns out to be much steeper than Christian originally thought, and flames burst out of the hill

77
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What wares are the most prominent and popular at Vanity Fair?

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The wares of Italy

78
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What do the pilgrims say they want to buy at Vanity Fair?

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Truth

79
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According to Good Will, how will Christian be able to distinguish the right paths from the wrong ones?

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Only the right ones are straight and narrow

80
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How do Christian’s neighbors and family react to his journey?

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His neighbors mock his flight from home and his family members are generally unsupportive

81
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Years of the Stuart period

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1603-1688

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