Purcell, Henry. 1658-1695. English chorale composer. First English opera. Dido and Aeneas 1689. King Arthur 1691. Fairy Queen 1692.

Puritanism. 16-17C. English Calvinist movement to purify church of Catholic and political elements. Valued hard work, education, thrift.

Pym, John. 1583-1643. English Puritan. Led Long Parliament. Civil War.

Quant, Mary. 1934-. English fashion designer. Miniskirt.

Queen Anne’s War. 1702-13. French vs English in North America in War of Spanish Succession.

Radcliffe, Ann. 1764-1823. English Gothic novelist. Mysteries of Udolpho 1794.

Raffles, Thomas. 1781-1826. English founder of Singapore 1819.

Raikes, Robert. 1736-1811. English Sunday School pioneer.

Raleigh, Walter. 1554-1618. English colonist in Virginia. Introduced tobacco, potato to Europe. Beheaded.

Ramsay, William. 1852-1916. English chemist: discovered helium 1895; neon, krypton, xenon 1898.

Ranters. 1649-60. English Puritan mystic sect.

Rayleigh, Lord. 1842-1919. English physicist, wave theorist.

Read, Herbert. 1893-1968. English critic, poet: Art and Society 1936.

Renaissance Music. c16C. Freer, flexible polyphony; steady, predictable rhythm. Palestrina. Gabrieli. English madrigals.

Restoration. 1660. English Monarchy reinstated following Protectorate. 1791 French Revolutionary Wars.

Revivalism. 18,19C. Revival of prior periods of English architecture. Neo-Greek, Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Gothic. British Museum.

Reynolds, Joshua. 1723-92. English expressive portrait painter: Mrs. Siddons. Miss Nelly 1760. Founder, Royal Academy 1768.

Rhuddlan, Statute. 1284. English rule Wales.

Richard. 1209-72. English. King of the Romans 1256-71.

Richardson, Dorothy. 1873-1957. English stream of consciousness novelist. Pilgrimage 1915-38.

Richardson, Samuel. 1689-1761. English novelist using personal letters. Influenced novel form: Pamela 1740 Clarissa 1747 (at 1M words, the longest English novel).

Ridley, Nicholas. c1500-55. English Protestant bishop. Supported Lady Jane Grey. Executed.

Roanoke Colony. 1587. English colony of 117 settlers in Virginia disappeared. Raleigh.

Robin Hood. 13C Legendary English archer and outlaw, who robbed the rich to help the poor.

Rochester, 2nd Earl. 1647-80. English satiric poet. History of Insipids 1676. Maim’d Debauchée.

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