Jacobean

:For the French Revolution faction, see Jacobin. For the mathematical term, see Jacobian. For the followers of James II of England and VII of Scotland, see Jacobitism.

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Jacobean refers to various aspects of the period of English history that coincides with the reign of James I (1603–1625):

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• Jacobean era
• Jacobean architecture
• Jacobean literature

It is also used to refer to other things relating to the name James, notably the biblical Epistle of James.

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Jacobean derives from the New Latin Jacobaeus, cognate with James and Jacob.

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French Revolution: During the French Revolution (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism overthrew the absolute monarchy in France, and the French portion of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the Fi...

Jacobin: In the context of the French Revolution, a Jacobin originally meant a member of the Jacobin Club (1789-1794). But even while the Club still existed, the name of Jacobins had been popularly applied to all promulgators of extreme revolutionary opinions; "Jacobin democracy" for example is synonymous wi...

Jacobian: In vector calculus, the Jacobian is shorthand for either the Jacobian matrix or its determinant, the Jacobian determinant....