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The Seventeenth Century
From Age of Elizabeth to Glorious Revolution 
1. Background
the ENG bourgeois revolution 资产阶级革命,农民与贵族阶级,Anglican church 与Puritanical  Church
2. Glorious Revolution 1688 
In 1688, William signed <The Bill of Rights> presented by Parliament, which greatly restricted the power of English King hence four ENGLAND has e a country of constitutional 
 3. The King James Bible of 1611 
Old Testament in Hebrews  New Testament in Greek 
The earliest English translations of the Bible date back to Caedmon, Bade and King Alfred. 
4. Francis Bacon1561-1626 by Marx as “the pioneer of Eng Materialism唯心主义”
 The chief figure in English prose in the first half of the 17th century and
his essays began the long tradition of the English essay in the history of English literature.
Bacon was born in London. His father was Lord Keeper of the Seal during Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
He studied at Cambridge and was brought up with an aversion to medieval scholasticism.
After he left Cambridge he pursued the study of law, gaining admission to the bar in 1582.
During the reign of James I he was appointed Lord Chancellor上院大法官.
But he was charged with bribery and corruption by the parliament when the popular dissatisfaction against the king and his agents was mounting.
Bacon admitted himself guilty of “corruption and neglect”, and was punished,dismissed fro