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Poets with tag Cavalier poets:

Came from the classes that supported King Charles I during the English Civil War. Charles, a connoisseur of the fine arts, supported poets who created the art he craved. These poets in turn grouped themselves with the King and his service, thus becoming Cavalier Poets.

A cavalier was traditionally a mounted soldier or knight, but when the term was applied to those who supported Charles it was meant to portray them as roistering gallants. The term was thus meant to belittle and insult. However, it became the term applied to those who supported Charles. They were separate in their lifestyle and divided on religion from the Roundheads, who supported Parliament, consisting often of Puritans (either Presbyterians or Independents).

Name	Years	Country	Tags	Works	Rank
Robert Herrick	1591-1674	ENG	Cavalier poets, Didactism, Elizabethan, Fantasy, Tribe of Ben	276	40
Thomas Carew	1595-1640	ENG	Enlightenment, Metaphysical poets, Cavalier poets, Tribe of Ben	34	345
John Suckling	1609-1642	ENG	Metaphysical poets, Cavalier poets, Tribe of Ben	17	306
Richard Lovelace	1618-1657	ENG	Cavalier poets, Tribe of Ben	144	201

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