Research Paper on:
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century British History and Authors

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time in history. We see it throughout the ages, and we also note that it is a very progressive reality for it never actually starts or stops, but merely seems  to take its place in the evolutionary process of societies. There are, however, time periods that seem to jump out at us in terms of changes to history and changes  in literature. Such was the case with Britain during the 17th and the 18th centuries. The society was greatly influenced by religion as well as growing technologies. The artists, authors  and poets included, were greatly influenced by these changes as they were often more sensitive and more aware of the dangers, as well as the inherent beauty, of the changes.  In the following paper we present a very brief examination of how the authors, and poets, of the time period in Britain influenced their society by bringing peoples subconscious, or  non existent, thoughts to the surface. Milton As we generally understand, Britain, as part of Europe during the 17th century, was still incredibly religious. But, at the same  time it was a relatively new idea for people to move beyond the realm of mere Catholicism and seek Gods truth elsewhere. as one author states, "The medieval church was  defeated and the educated classes embraced scientific rationalism. Art, architecture, and music reflected classical themes" (Anonymous Victorian England, 2002; background_2_victorian_culture.html). In the figure of Milton such was possible. Milton  provided the world, and most importantly Britain, with a very extensive, and incredibly creative, view of creation, God, Adam, Eve, the Angels, and Satan. He provided this in the form  of "Paradise Lost" written between "c.1656 and c.1664, and first published in 1667, then in a revised version in 1674" (Anonymous John Milton, 2002; milton.htm). Interestingly enough, Milton was a