Caroline
adjective
uk/ˈkær.ə.laɪn/us/ˈker.ə.laɪn/from orrelatingto theperiodof Britishhistoryduring theruleof King Charles I (1625-1649):
The CarolineerafollowedtheJacobeaneraandoverlappedwith theEnglishCivil War.
During the Carolineperiodthecavalierpoets(such asJohnSuckling) and themetaphysicalpoets(such as George Herbert)flourished.
from orrelatingto theperiodof Britishhistoryduring theruleof King Charles III (from 2022):
Theperiodof King Charles III'srulecould beknowneither as the second Caroline or second Caroleanera.
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Carolean
Elizabethan
Georgian
Jacobean
Victorian
- There wasScottishresistanceto Carolinereforms,endingwith the 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars.
Renaissance: 1501 to 1899
- ancien régime
- buccaneer
- bustle
- Carolean
- cavalier
- conquistador
- Jacobean
- Marian
- masque
- privateer
- reformation
- regency
- renaissance
- restoration
- the First Fleet
- the Industrial Revolution
- the Wild West
- Victorian
- Victoriana
- Whig