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Period: to
Civil War
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Trial and Execution of Charles I
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Period: to
Interregnum
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Restoration of Charles II
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Annus Mirabilis
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John Dryden: Poet Laureate of England
the most important poet of the era -
The Popish Plot
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Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel
Dryden's greatest work; a verse satire on contemporary public affairs -
James II
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Dryden: A Song for St. Cecilia's Day
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Period: to
Glorious Revolution
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Bill of Rights