If it aint BAROQUE, dont fix it

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If it aint BAROQUE,dont fix it

• Baroque
• 1580-1700 AD

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From whence cometh this?

• Medieval
• Catholic church
• Religious in all areas
• Renaissance
• Rebirth
• Growth in the arts
• Not as religious, but still close ties to
  religious thought
• Baroque
• Elaboration of what began in the Renaissance

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Now is the winter of our discontent

• Oliver Cromwell enters the scene
• Overthrows Charles, the monarch
• Establishes a Commonwealth
• Closes theatres

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Two reasons

• Oliver Cromwell was a Puritan
• Conservative
• Religious
• Remove objectionable material

• Oliver Cromwell was paranoid
• He overthrew the government
• He knew government could be overthrown
• Large groups could conspire
• Theatres hold large groups