History Main / TheCavalierYears

Somewhere in the middle, [[UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar Britain had a civil war]]. Dashing Cavaliers such as UsefulNotes/PrinceRupert fought dour Puritans the length and breadth of both islands, and the son of the King hid in an oak tree. The Puritans won, and abolished Christmas, then the country abolished them. The surviving Puritans left England and founded the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, UsefulNotes/CharlesII climbed back out of the oak tree, {{UsefulNotes/London}} burned to the ground, women were allowed to be actors on stage and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton invented gravity. Somebody named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfSamuelPepys Pepys kept a diary]].

Somewhere in the middle, [[UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar Britain had a civil war]]. Dashing Cavaliers fought dour Puritans the length and breadth of both islands, and the son of the King hid in an oak tree. The Puritans won, and abolished Christmas, then the country abolished them. The surviving Puritans left England and founded the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, UsefulNotes/CharlesII climbed back out of the oak tree, {{UsefulNotes/London}} burned to the ground, women were allowed to be actors on stage and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton invented gravity. Somebody named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfSamuelPepys Pepys kept a diary]].

* PimpedOutDress: While simplistic in comparison to [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Elizabethan fashions]] and those of the Rococo era, women's dresses of the 17th century still served [[SimpleYetOpulent opulence]] in the royal courts. The silhouette and styles became more grandoise and more diverse when UsefulNotes/LouisXIV came to the throne.

* ''Film/OnGuard'', another version of Creator/PaulFeval's ''Le Bossu'' (beginning of the 18th century after the end of UsefulNotes/LouisXIV's reign).

** ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|2023}}'' (2023)

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and [[Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers their countless adaptations]].

* Film adaptations of ''Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers'', naturally:

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* This era has been visited repeatedly by the [[ComicBook/DieAbrafaxe Abrafaxe]]. Their very first arc (January 1976-December 1977) was set in Dalmatia and Venice in the 17th century. This was followed by an arc set in Hungary, Austria, Bavaria and France at the time of the UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession (January 1978-December 1980). Many years later, in the Baroque series (''Mosaik'' No. 406-429), brainy Brabax as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's private secretary in the 1690s while Abrax and Brabax are stuck in the France of UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.
* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': The stories "De Dolle Musketiers", "De Raap van Rubens", "De Jolige Joffer", "De Gladde Glipper", "Angst Op De Amsterdam", "De Kleppende Klipper", "Het Wondere Wolfje" and "Beminde Barabas".

* {{WesternAnimation/Wolfwalkers}}: Takes place in 1650 Ireland during UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell’s time as Lord Protector.[[note]]He didn’t have the title until 1653[[/note]]

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* ''Literature/{{Simplicissimus}}'' and ''Landstörtzerin Courasche'' by Grimmelshausen

* ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe''
* ''Literature/MollFlanders''

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and [[Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers their countless adaptations]].
** The sequel ''Twenty Years Later'' has a large part of its plot set during the civil war as they attempt to rescue Charles I (with a major HistoricalHeroismUpgrade); and after that ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' has d'Artagnan and Athos semi-unintentionally restore Charles II to the throne.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland''
* Neal Stephenson's ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle'' is set entirely in this period.
* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' and its AlternateHistory novel, novella and short-story sequels.

* The Literature/SienkiewiczTrilogy, set in the often-[[MemeticMutation forgotten]] Poland.

* The historical novel ''Henry Esmond'' involves the later part of the period. The protagonist's mother was a mistress to James II in her youth, and the plot involves [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Francis_Edward_Stuart James Stuart]], the "Old Pretender" (before he was old) and details a fictional moment of him getting within inches of reclaiming the throne.

* "Literature/ElInquisidorDeMexico" set in Siglo de Oro New Spain begins with a thorough description of viceregal life, with fairs full of merchants selling trinkets from all over the world, people of all races coming together in the peaceful lush gardens surrounding plazas and ''jacales'' to eat and drink, play music and dance, watch cockfights or reenactments of battles from the Conquista.

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes “The Visitation“, “The Woman Who Lived” and “The Witchfinders”.

* ''Series/ByTheSwordDivided'': Specifically the UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar and the Commonwealth period.

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* The entirety of the Empire in ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' was designed around this period.

* ''TabletopGame/SeventhSea'' takes place in a setting heavily inspired by this era, with dashes of [[AnachronismStew Viking longboats, Celtic druids, Enlightenment philosophers and steampunk gizmos.]]

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Back on mainland Europe the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar was fought; France, Sweden, and Austria contended over the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire, hastening its long, painful decline. East of Germany, rowdy Polish nobility alternated between fighting in perpetual wars against Sweden, Muscovy and Turkey, and generally making a mess around themselves. More to the west, the Dutch were fresh from [[UsefulNotes/EightyYearsWar achieving their independence from Spain]] and had an economic and cultural boom, ushering in their Golden Age which lasted a whole century, and France became a military, economic, and cultural powerhouse starting with the reign of UsefulNotes/LouisXIV, with his heir prince eventually overtaking Spain too by becoming its new king, Philip V.

Back on mainland Europe the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar was fought; France, Sweden, and Austria contended over the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire, hastening its long, painful decline. East of Germany, rowdy Polish nobility alternated between fighting in perpetual wars against Sweden, Muscovy and Turkey, and generally making a mess around themselves. More to the west, the Dutch had an economic and cultural boom, ushering in their Golden Age which lasted a whole century, and France became a military, economic, and cultural powerhouse starting with the reign of UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.

* RealIsBrown: Much of the overall palette of the Baroque era consist of warm and earnest muted colors from the leather cavalier gear, to the modest Puritans, to Creator/AnthonyVanDyck's paintings, where [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Dyke_brown a shade of brown]] was even named after him. Pastel colors wouldn't be a thing until the mid-18th century with the Rococo style.

* The ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis'' series.
* ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'': With Fire and Sword.
* ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates'' is based in this era as well.

* ''Series/GhostsUK'': most of the flashbacks in the episode "Speak as You Choose", are set in this time period.

Later still, King James II, a believer in absolute monarchy, was run out of Britain in a Glorious Revolution. Parliament's invitation of Stadtholder William III of Orange as the new King made it real clear who was really in charge of the island from now on as modern democracy took its next step toward fruition. Meanwhile, in the Bahamas, this was the best kind of news to the pirate, Film/CaptainBlood and his crew, who were enslaved by James II, as they accepted the new king's commission to join the British Navy.

Somewhere in the middle, [[UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar Britain had a civil war]]. Dashing Cavaliers fought dour Puritans the length and breadth of both islands, and the son of the King hid in an oak tree. The Puritans won, and abolished Christmas, then the country abolished them. The surviving Puritans left England and founded the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, UsefulNotes/CharlesII climbed back out of the oak tree, London burned to the ground, women were allowed to be actors on stage and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton invented gravity. Somebody named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfSamuelPepys Pepys kept a diary]].

Somewhere in the middle, [[UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar Britain had a civil war]]. Dashing Cavaliers fought dour Puritans the length and breadth of both islands, and the son of the King hid in an oak tree. The Puritans won, and abolished Christmas, then the country abolished them. The surviving Puritans left England and founded the {{UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, UsefulNotes/CharlesII climbed back out of the oak tree, London burned to the ground, women were allowed to be actors on stage and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton invented gravity. Somebody named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfSamuelPepys Pepys kept a diary]].

Somewhere in the middle, [[UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar Britain had a civil war]]. Dashing Cavaliers fought dour Puritans the length and breadth of both islands, and the son of the King hid in an oak tree. The Puritans won, and abolished Christmas, then the country abolished them. The surviving Puritans left England and founded the United States, UsefulNotes/CharlesII climbed back out of the oak tree, London burned to the ground, women were allowed to be actors on stage and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton invented gravity. Somebody named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfSamuelPepys Pepys kept a diary]].

The favorite era for the {{Swashbuckler}}, the 17th Century / early 18th century is the age in Europe when lusty musketeers dueled with each other and got sucked into intrigues involving dauphins, {{Corrupt Church}}men and [[TheVamp vampish]] courtesans. Hats with [[FluffyFashionFeathers large feathers]] and big bucket-topped boots were in fashion for men. Also UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy [[{{Pirate}} on the High Seas]], when [[DressedToPlunder eyepatched and peg-legged]] buccaneers buried stolen gold, brandished cutlasses, and tied up buxom, bodice-wearing maidens and then forced them to watch as their hapless boyfriends walked the plank.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Cossacks}}'', a French comic book about a young early 17th century Lithuanian Hussar from the UsefulNotes/PolishLithuanianCommonwealth who deserts the Polish army to [[GoingNative integrate]] into a group of UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian UsefulNotes/{{Cossacks}}.

* ''Series/HelpImATeenageOutlaw''

* ''Series/{{Versailles}}'': set during the reign of Louis XIV

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: For England, the ruling kings of UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart like UsefulNotes/JamesTheFirst, UsefulNotes/CharlesI, UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell, UsefulNotes/CharlesII and UsefulNotes/JamesII and VII [[{{Pun}} reigned]] in this era. For France, it was all about the Bourbons with UsefulNotes/LouisXIII and UsefulNotes/LouisXIV while UsefulNotes/CardinalRichelieu spends more time in fiction than he did at Mass. Honorable mentions include the [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} House of Vasa]] with King Gustavus Adolphus II and Queen Christina, and scientists like UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton and UsefulNotes/ReneDescartes.

* WesternAnimation/Wolfwalkers: Takes place in 1650 Ireland during
UsefulNotes/Oliver Cromwell’s time as Lord Protector

The favorite era for the {{Swashbuckler}}, the 17th Century is the age in Europe when lusty musketeers dueled with each other and got sucked into intrigues involving dauphins, {{Corrupt Church}}men and [[TheVamp vampish]] courtesans. Hats with [[FluffyFashionFeathers large feathers]] and big bucket-topped boots were in fashion for men. Also UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy [[{{Pirate}} on the High Seas]], when [[DressedToPlunder eyepatched and peg-legged]] buccaneers buried stolen gold, brandished cutlasses, and tied up buxom, bodice-wearing maidens and then forced them to watch as their hapless boyfriends walked the plank.

** ''The Three Musketeers'' (2023)

Somewhere in the middle, [[UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar Britain had a civil war]]. Dashing Cavaliers fought dour Puritans the length and breadth of both islands, and the son of the King hid in an oak tree. The Puritans won, and abolished Christmas, then the country abolished them. The surviving puritans left England and founded the United States, UsefulNotes/CharlesII climbed back out of the oak tree, London burned to the ground, women were allowed to be actors on stage and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton invented gravity. Somebody named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfSamuelPepys Pepys kept a diary]].

Back on mainland Europe the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar was fought; France, Sweden, and Austria contended over the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire, hastening its long, painful decline. East of Germany, rowdy Polish nobility alternated between fighting in perpetual wars against Sweden, Muscovy and Turkey, and generally making a mess around themselves. More to the west, the Dutch had an economic and cultural boom, ushering in their Golden Age which lasted a whole century, and France became a militaty, economic, and cultural powerhouse starting with the reign of UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.