Calendar: 1852-1853 Page 317

AND ENGLISH LITERATURE 313 How did they avail themselves of the new influences which the Reformation had exerted over the minds of men-in their literature politics domestic and religious feelings very brief account of the rise progress decline and fall of the Order the causes which more immediately led to such results The Popes under whom it was consummated brief view of the state of the Papacy since that period II &cbmttcnt Cmturj Trace the rise of the power of France during the seven- teenth century Give some account of the Statesmen in the reigns of Henry IV Louis XIII and Louis XIV who most contributed to it Mention the principal Emperors of the House of Austria during this century with the dates of their accession Explain the origin of the Thirty Years' War and mention the most conspicuous persons who were engaged in it on each side What was the peace which terminated it What were its results in Europe Enumerate the Monarchs of Sweden during the seventeenth century and give some account of each Explain the condition of Spain in this century as contrasted with her condition in the last Explain the relations of Spain to France and Germany respectively Show liow the seeds of the Civil War in England were sown during the reign of James Give an account of the parties in England religious and political which existed during that reign and the relation in which they respectively stood to the King Give short account of Strafford Laud Hamp- den Pym Falkland Enumerate the most memorable scientific writers in England and on the Continent during the seventeenth century and give some account of each Mention the great Poets of England during this time