what are we 'in' now...elizabethan? windsorian? etc

[joko]

eras are defined by the monarch - edwardian, victorian etc... but what are we in now?
we have already had an elizabethan, so can we have another?

there are also other periods that dont seem to have a 'label', like henry the 8th reign, mary, etc

so what are all these periods called and what is now?

thanks

[doctordb]

cowellian?

[janbee]

IKEAn ?

[flump1]

I think we may well have a second Windsor age now joko.

[weecalf]

Austerity

[Bambiagain]

From Henry VII to Mary it was the Tudor age. I've heard the current age referred to as New Elizabethan.

[Davethedog]

Henry VIII is Tudor

[Flyhalf]

Sadly, you and I will probably no longer inhabit this earth when it finally gets a title. I'd say Second Elizabethan, but for me and my compatriots she's our first Liz.
BTW, wasn't Henry VIII's reign part of the Tudor period? Please enlighten a por Scot.

[MarkRae]

The Tudor period began with the reign of Henry VII and ended with the death of Elizabeth I.

[Flyhalf]

Thanks Markrae. I had a vague notion that was it.

[Bambiagain]

Bigjack - Henry VII was the first Tudor, followed by Henry VIII (his son), Edward VI and Mary. Elizabeth was also technically a Tudor (the last) but her reign is commonly referred to as the Elizabethan age.

[sandyRoe]

Aren't we now in the New Elizabethan age?

[woofgang]

sandy that's what i think they called it when i was at school

[FredPuli43]

New Elzabethan, but Windsor would be better. It would remind us of being in the soup.

[mike11111]

Descriptors cover contiguent monarchs bearing the same name. The term Henrican covers Henry VII and VIII, Edwardian is applied to the time of both Edward VI and Edward VII, though there is some 350 years gap between them.
Marian refers to the reign of Mary I whilst Jacobean describes the time of James I (the reign of James II being too short to make any cultural impact). Carolean spans the reigns of Charles I and II, and I hardly need to enlarge upon the 116 year period known as the Georgian era.

[weecalf]

Just thinking maybe Walkers, well we have had the Tudor period (crisps get it Im too good for this place)

[rowanwitch]

As the royal house is the house of Windsor by decree then I suspect Windsor age or possibly Windsoran age would be correct I am sure someone will correct me at somepoint

[mike11111]

You are right, I will correct you. The name of the royal house and that of a particular monarch do not denote them same thing. Thus we can speak of Hanoverian Britain, covering the reigns of George I till Victoria (1714 - 1901) yet we can still split that period up into two convenient segments, the Georgian era (1714 - 1830) and the Victorian era (1837 - 1901). The short reign of William IV (1830 - 1837) breaks up the two periods.

[sandyRoe]

I'm not old enough to remember the Festival of Britain. But I do remember the Coronation and about the same time the conquest of Everest.
It feels as thought it's been all downhill since then.

[joko]

thanks all.

yes i get its henry tudor so therefore tudor period... but why are some surnames and second names?
is there any reason, or is it just 'whatever they felt like at the time'

i know mike refers to henrican, marian etc - but that is the first time i have even even heard of those words... and i am sure many others feel the same, yet we all know victorian etc

also how on earth to they get jacobean from james and carolean from charles?

[sandyRoe]

Latin versions of the names.