Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty

Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allusion anointing army barbarian barbarous Beelzebub Book Caesar Chaos chariot Christ Christian Christopher Hill civil coronation Cromwell Death Defence divine earth earthly Eikon Basiliké Eikonoklastes emblem emperor emphasized empire English epic epic similes Eve's evil fall fallen angels father feudal glory God's gold Heaven heavenly Hell human king ibid imagined imperial implied John Milton justice king's kingship liberty Lord majesty Milton's God Milton's poem mind Moloch monarchy moral nature Nimrod Paradise Lost pattern Persians Pharaoh poet poet's poetic poetry political present prose Psalm Puritan Raphael reader rebel rebellion regicide reign relationship Renaissance ritual Roman royal Royalist rule Satan scourge sense simile Solomon speech spirit structure Stuart subjects sultan symbolism thee thir thou throne tion triumph triumphal Turkish Turkish crescent Turks tyranny tyrant University victory Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos virtue vision Yale