| Front | Why was Andrew Marvell an important political figure of his time? (not medieval) |
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| Back | He sat in the House of Commons, opposed regicide (action killing a king) + corruption in court. England was experiencing civil war between Parliamentarians and Royalists which Marvell wrote poetry about, reflecting the political events. |
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