The Caroline era, what are the others?

[Santiagopink]

Elizabeth; Elizabethan,
Edward; Edwardian,
George; Georgian
Victoria; Victorian etc

I'm trying to Google what the others are but don't know what to search. Apparently if Charles remains named King Charles we will be in the Caroline era, which I find mildly amusing. But what are the others called? What will William's era be? What would Charlotte or Philip or Mary or any other name be?
Or what terms do I google? Are these adjectives?

[FinanceLPlates]

I was wondering about this too. However I don’t think we refer to the reigns of Charles I + II as the Caroline era, do we?

[KatherineofGaunt]

They're adjectives. You have Jacobean, for James.

Some interesting thoughts here - wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=167856

[Santiagopink]

Well I'd never heard it before so I suppose not. Ive managed to Google that this is the Windsor era.But I've repeatedly heard the term Elizabethan being used so was just wondering what the equivalents are/were.

[keiratwiceknightly]

I think a lot of the other royal eras were defined more by what happened than by the monarch. Eg Charles I and ii - civil war and restoration; the Regency etc. Plus if it was a shorter reign the adjectives are less needed - Queen Anne period.

[Seeline]

I'd only ever heard if the Carolean era, but according to wiki, that only relates to Charles II. Caroline relates to Charles 1.

[Santiagopink]

@KatherineofGaunt

They're adjectives. You have Jacobean, for James.

Some interesting thoughts here - wordsmith.org/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=167856

Latinate adjectival form. Thank you, I think that's the term I'm looking for. Interesting that Mary is Marian. Never heard the term Henrician before. Thanks for that

[notsosoftanymore]

Carolus is Latin for Charles hence Caroline or Carole an.

[WinterTrees]

I always thought it was Carolingian, but it seems such a strange word I'm doubting myself. No idea where I picked it up.

[ErrolTheDragon]

@WinterTrees

I always thought it was Carolingian, but it seems such a strange word I'm doubting myself. No idea where I picked it up.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_dynasty

[ErrolTheDragon]

Anyway... the various -ian eras are in some senses the exceptions to how reigns are referred to. Edwardian only refers to Edward VII, Georgian to I-IV (plus arguably William IV).

[Whataretheodds]

I also learnt Carolingian rather than Caroline.

You might also hear about policies during the reign of a Henry as Henrician (and Marian, Elizabethan, etc). But not necessarily to refer to their reign in general. More common to refer to the dynasties - Tudor, Stuart, Hanoverian. Further back, we talk about the Plantagenets.

Off to google latin adjectival form for Richard and John.

[Whataretheodds]

William = Wilhelmine I think

[nomoreflyingfucks]

Off to google latin adjectival form for Richard and John.

If you are talking Richard Lion heart, then I'm pretty sure he and his little bro John come under the Plantagenets, which I think was down to their dad Old Heners liking a bit of heather on his gown!

[ErrolTheDragon]

John = Johannine I think, like in the Johannine Comma.