Milton: Political WritingsCambridge University Press, 21/02/1991 - 279 من الصفحات John Milton was not only the greatest English Renaissance poet but also devoted twenty years to prose writing in the advancement of religious, civil and political liberties. The height of his public career was as chief propagandist to the Commonwealth regime which came into being following the execution of King Charles I in 1649. The first of the two complete texts in this volume, The Tenure of Kings and the Magistrates, was easily the most radical justification of the regicide at the time. In the second, A Defence of the People of England, Milton undertook to vindicate the Commonwealth's cause to Europe as a whole. They are central to an understanding both of the development of Milton's political thought and the climax of the English Revolution itself. This is the first time that fully annotated versions have been published together in one volume, and incorporates a wholly new translation of the Defence. The introduction outlines the complexity of the ideological landscape which Milton had to negotiate, and in particular the points at which he departed radically from his sixteenth-century predecessors. Further aids to students include a full chronology of Milton's life and events, a select bibliography and biographies of persons mentioned in the text. |
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... with Charles and to reinstate him on terms which seemed to some outside Parliament to sacrifice the aims for which the war had been fought . The Army , a far - more radical body , wanted instead to bring the X Introduction.
... with Charles and to reinstate him on terms which seemed to some outside Parliament to sacrifice the aims for which the war had been fought . The Army , a far - more radical body , wanted instead to bring the X Introduction.
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... Army staged a coup on 6 December 1648 Pride's Purge which by excluding recalcitrant MPs left a body ( the so - called Rump ) more compliant with its wishes . This intervention - the more so when it became clear that Charles would be ...
... Army staged a coup on 6 December 1648 Pride's Purge which by excluding recalcitrant MPs left a body ( the so - called Rump ) more compliant with its wishes . This intervention - the more so when it became clear that Charles would be ...
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... Army and its adherents . This was the distinction - orthodox in Lutheran and Calvinist tracts on resistance between inferior magistrates and private persons : while resistance to tyrannical rule by inferior magistrates was lawful , it ...
... Army and its adherents . This was the distinction - orthodox in Lutheran and Calvinist tracts on resistance between inferior magistrates and private persons : while resistance to tyrannical rule by inferior magistrates was lawful , it ...
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... Army's conduct . Or , as he puts it on the title - page , since Parliament , the ' ordinary MAGISTRATE ' , had ' neglected , or deny'd ' to bring the king to justice it was ' Lawfull ' for ' any , who have the Power ' to do so . The ...
... Army's conduct . Or , as he puts it on the title - page , since Parliament , the ' ordinary MAGISTRATE ' , had ' neglected , or deny'd ' to bring the king to justice it was ' Lawfull ' for ' any , who have the Power ' to do so . The ...
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... Army ' ( p . 6 ; my emphasis ) . So open - ended a commitment proved difficult to sustain . As a functionary of the Commonwealth , Milton was required to defend the regime in its present form , and this meant changes to his theory . A ...
... Army ' ( p . 6 ; my emphasis ) . So open - ended a commitment proved difficult to sustain . As a functionary of the Commonwealth , Milton was required to defend the regime in its present form , and this meant changes to his theory . A ...
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