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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Restoration period"”.
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The Theory and Practice of Composition in the English Restoration Period
The second half of the seventeenth century was a period of considerable upheaval in English music, not only because the political instability of the time altered the way musicians were employed, but also because the era saw fundamental changes in the construction and perception of music. The most …
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Restoring a Neglected Queen: Re-Examining Catherine of Braganza's Role in the Restoration Period
… the more significant role she played in the Restoration Period (1660-1685). The Restoration resumed the issues between the Church of England and the State. The Church was desperate to demonstrate their autonomy from the State and their presumed divinity. The State wanted to use the …
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Using globes and celestial planispheres in restoration England.
… by the user. I show that this is the case in Restoration England, through a consideration of instruments produced at the time alongside the texts on their use, also providing an insight into the individuals who participated in the cartographic enterprise at many different levels. A brief …
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Astraea Unmasked: The Desires of Aphra Behn
… Behn came to prominence during the English Restoration period and although best known as a playwright, she was also a prolific poet, translator, editor and short story writer. She traveled to the New World, served as a spy for Charles II, and created controversy both as a result of her work …
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The Imagery of Sir John Falstaff
… enticed the critical minds of writers from the Restoration Period to present time. As all great comic characters, Falstaff possesses a many-faceted personality which has left him open to much probing, many questions and many answers.|Such questions have arisen: Why do we laugh at him? Wherein …
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To Take Posesion of the Crown: Forms, Themes, and Politics in Julia Palmer's Centuries
… woman to have composed centuries during the Restoration period. Although religion shaped the lives of most British citizens at the time, the public literary expression of spiritual experiences-particularly by middle-class women-was uncommon within conventional Puritanism. The poetry's hybrid …
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Anglican Chant and Chanting in England and America, 1660-1811
… was another practical innovation of the Restoration period. In the eighteenth century, the chant tune developed its own notation and performance conventions, taking its seven-bar length from the unbalanced phrases--nine syllables to sixteen--of the first verse of the invitatory psalm, …
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Synchrophasor Based Centralized Remote Synchroscope for Power System Restoration
… during blackstart or bulk power system restoration period. The synchronization process is primarily monitored in the presence of experienced personnel at the substation level, which might not control or even predict the after effects of synchronization as soon as the synchronizing …
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Masking the Drama: A Space for Revolution in Aphra Behn's The Rover and The Feign d Courtezans.
… this research has attempted to understand the Restoration period inspecting the use of language and masquerade in Aphra Behn s The Rover and The Feign d Courtezans.
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A critical edition of the manuscript of Thomas Shadwell's 'The Humorists'
… times, in the plays of Ben Jonson and in the Restoration period. Shadwell's own practice in The Sullen Lovers is analysed to demonstrate his combination of personal and general satire and to show the clear influence on him of some of Martial's Epigrams. The manuscript version of The Humorists …
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<i>Le Correspondant</i>, 1880-1890: literary and social tendencies
… written on the treatment of literature in French periodicals. The importance of these studies has been stressed by Claude Pichois and André M. Rousseau in <i>La Littérature comparée</i>, although the authors were referring particularly to journals destined for the grand public. Still the …
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An investigation into the relationship between philosophical principle and artistic practice with reference to the role of dance in education
… of dancing, but it transpires that during the Restoration Period a resurgence of the popularity and acceptance of dance occurred in both theatrical and social contexts. The role of the dancing master is depicted in the creation of a mannered society, when aesthetically, artistically, and …
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Cathedrals and the Church of England, c.1660-1714
… their early modern pasts as nothing more than periods of ‘desecration and pillage’, early modern historians have dismissed cathedrals as medieval ‘fossils’, irrelevant and impermeable to the religious upheavals of the English Reformation. Recent scholarship, however, has sought to address this …
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Straight and narrow - Irish witch belief, trials and memory : Straight and narrow: a novel, and Irish witch belief, trials and memory: a critical component
… regarding witchcraft from the beginning of the Restoration Period in 1660 to the Passing of the Witchcraft Act in 1735 (which prohibited people from making witchcraft accusations). I address the academic research done in this area, with a particular focus on that of Andrew Sneddon and Mary …
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In-between Colonial Heritage: Postcolonial Heritage Perception by Local Society in South Korea
… buildings for labourers during the postwar restoration period. Under the effect of changes, colonial heritage embeds multiple layers of local narratives and plural perceptions of postcolonial heritage by different individuals. Methodologically, a narrative analysis is mainly used to identify …
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Public Opinion in Benjamin Constant's Political Thought
… The first chapter is devoted to the Directory period (1795-1799). The second chapter covers the years of Napoléon’s acme, from the fall of the Directory in 1799 to 1813. The third chapter focuses on the restoration period (1814-1830). This dissertation makes two central claims. It first argues …
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Investigating Multidimensional Factors Affecting Water Supply Resilience to Disasters
… stages following a disaster for response and restoration, but its importance declines over time. In contrast, the economic capacity of the disaster struck area and the water sector play a vital role in the subsequent reconstruction phase rather than in the response and restoration period. …
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John Edwards of Cambridge (1637-1716): A reassessment of his location within the later Stuart Church of England
… one of the preeminent conforming divines of the period, and that his theological and polemical works, despite some Arminian opposition, enjoyed a very positive reception among significant segments of the established Church’s clergy, many of whom shared his Reformed doctrinal convictions. Instead …