From page 172 to page 176 - the 17th century

POLITICS:

When James I accessed to the throne, the situation between the Parliament and the monarchy changed: the main point of this hostility was when the king Charles I was executed in 1649.

LITERATURE:

Literature works have been influenced by the tensions born of this period.

The most important themes for the poets of this period were God and a new vision of love: the idea of metaphysical love.

SCIENCE:

Also science has been characterized in the 17^th century thanks to a lot of scientific discoveries: new instruments and machinery were born.

JOHN MILTON -  Paradise Lost:

John Milton was one of the most important poets in England during the 17^th century. His most famous and important work is Paradise Lost, it is based on the Bible, and it is about Heaven, Hell, Adam and Eve's creation and their lost.