1. So we’ve had the ANGLO-SAXON era, the MIDDLE AGES, and the RENAISSANCE…now what?
Shakespeare dies in 1616…

2. It’s kind of the “end of an era”, so to speak…
King James I (You know, the king of Scottish descent who would have enjoyed the fact that Fleance escaped in Macbeth) dies in 1625.
It’s kind of the “end of an era”, so to speak…

3. Enter James’s son…the new king…
CHARLES THE 1st
Charles I ruled from

4. Believing very much in the “divine right of kings”
Charles I is known for:
Believing very much in the “divine right of kings”
Spending a lot of money on art, paintings, poetry, music
Waging some poorly planned wars
Annoying people so much that eventually he is BEHEADED (and being the only English monarch to EVER be beheaded)
AND everyone decides that they are sick of kings, so they abolish the monarchy and spend 11 years with Oliver Cromwell, who is not a king, but a “Lord Protector”.
This was called the INTERREGNUM…the only time in the history of Britain that there wasn’t a king or queen.

5. The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
But today we know Charles for giving us…
The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

6. A group of poets known as the CAVALIER poets were popular during his reign…we will study a few of them:

8. The first poem is by Andrew Marvell. It is called
“To His Coy Mistress”, and is on page 378 in your textbook…