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What event had a lasting impact on politics, drama, and history writing during the mid-seventeenth century?
Civil War
What term is often used to refer to the period between 1660 and 1800?
The Long Eighteenth Century
What is the significance of counting the new king's reign from 1649 instead of 1660?
To exorcise and annihilate the past
What term is used to describe the period that began with the restoration of the English monarchy with King Charles II?
The Restoration Era
What shaped the views of the present and determined the course of the future during the 'long-eighteenth century'?
Memory of recent trauma
Explore the range of drama in England and continental Europe between 1660 and 1800 with this quiz. Dive into the Restoration, the eighteenth-century drama, tragedy, and John Dryden's All for Love.
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