Cassell's History of England, Vol. 3 (of 8) From the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough.
CHAPTER XI.
PROGRESS OF THE NATION FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE GREAT REVOLUTION.
Religion: Nonconformist Sects--Imprisonment of Bunyan--Fox and the Society of Friends--The Punishment of James Naylor--Expulsion of Roger Williams--Other Religious Sects--Literature: Milton--His Works--Cowley--Butler--Dryden--Minor Poets--Dramatists of the Restoration--Prose Writers: Milton and Dryden--Hobbes--Clarendon--Baxter--Bunyan--Waiton--Evelyn and Pepys--Founding of the Royal Society--Physical Science--Discoveries of Napier, Newton and Flamsteed--Mathematicians and Chemists--Harvey and Worcester--Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving--Coinage--Music--Furniture--Costume--Manners and Customs--State of London--Sports and Amusements--Country Life--Travelling--The Clergy--Yeomen--Village Sports--Growth of the Revenue and Commerce--Growing prosperity of the North of England--The Navigation Act--Norwich and Bristol--Postal Arrangements--Advantages Derived from the Industries of the Foreign Refugees--The East India Company--Condition of the People: Wages--The Poor Law--Efforts of Philanthropists 352