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Jacobean
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Jac·o·be·an  (jk-bn)
adj.
Of or having to do with the reign of James I of England or his times.
n.
A prominent figure during this period.
[From New Latin Iacobaeus, from Late Latin Iacbus, Iacobus, James, Jacob; see Jacob.]
Jacobean [jak-a-bee-an]
Adjective
of or in the reign of James I of England and Ireland (1603–25) [Latin Jacobus James]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.JacobeanJacobean - any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
Englishman - a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
Adj.1.Jacobean - of or relating to James I or his reign or times; "Jacobean writers"


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By making explicit what is submerged in published texts, this poem offers a useful counter-example to Orgel's claim that Jacobeans found it impossible "to acknowledge sodomy as an English vice" (46-48).
The Politics of Access and Representations of the Sodomite King in ... by PERRY, CURTIS / Renaissance Quarterly
Wills argues that England's obsession with necromancy made the second half of Macbeth (Hecate's jazzy witch songs) as interesting to the Jacobeans as the first half is to us.
Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's Macbeth by Bly, Mary / Renaissance Quarterly
His dances and variations, which anticipate the sweeping masterpieces of the later Elizabethans and early Jacobeans, remain popular today among devotees of Renaissance music; indeed, Ward lists nine recordings of Johnson's irresistible "Flat Pavan.
Music for Elizabethan Lutes, 2 vols by Ryding, Erik S. / Renaissance Quarterly
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