Cavalier Period

Question 1

Dates that Charles I reigned

Answer 1

1625-49

Question 2

What is a quintessential quote of the cavaliers

Answer 2

‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ HERRICK

Question 3

What were most cavalier poets?

Answer 3

Most were courtiers. They were loyal to the king and some were imprisoned due to supporting the king.

Question 4

Interregnum

Answer 4

Period between the kings

Question 5

Cavalier attitude to love

Answer 5

‘Seize the day’ attitude (Carpe Diem)

Love can be fleeting so we should enjoy the pleasures of the moment - sexual and romantic.

Question 6

What were the Cavalier attitudes to women

Answer 6

Cavaliers valued ‘smug male assurance’ and dallied in the love and emotions of women.

Question 7

What kind of references did the Cavalier poets make?

Answer 7

Allegorical and/or Classical references (Horace, Cicero, Ovid)

Question 8

Carpe Diem

Answer 8

Seize the day, seize opportunities, revel in society, love life to its full
This included for the Cavaliers - material wealth and women

Question 9

5 themes in Cavalier poetry

Answer 9

Love
Nature
Drinking
Honour 
Politics

Question 10

What does the word Cavalier mean

Answer 10

It means a ‘lack of concern’. It was used as an insult because it saw them as arrogant, boisterous, loud.