The Restoration period in England saw the separation of the king's personal finances from public funds. Puritanism influenced great works from Milton and Bunyan, while paganism produced the poems of Herrick and comedies that depicted depravity. The eras of King Charles I, the Civil War, and the Commonwealth were not conducive to literature. The age was materialistic, cynical, and its tragedies and comedies lacked substance, though Newton made discoveries in physics.

3.  the Restoration separated the personal in-
come of the king from the public revenue of
the kingdom which had hitherto been
identified with it
 Puritanism as a force in literature gave to the
world of its best in Milton and Bunyan.
Paganism achieved nothing higher than the
dainty lyrics of Herrick and the brilliant
depravity of the Restoration comedy.

4.  The reign of King Charles I, the CivilWar, and
the rule of the Commonwealth were not
favorable to literary production.
 The age was materialist and cynical
 Its tragedy was insincere, stilted, and
unconvincing. Its comedy was brilliant, but it
was not merely non-moral and irresponsible
 There were discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton in
the field of physics.