Milton: Political WritingsCambridge University Press, 21 feb 1991 - 279 páginas 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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... edition by Dr Claire Gruzelier . I am grateful to her for confronting all the difficulties of Milton's often tortuous Latin . For their help in preparing the rest of the edition , I am grateful to Roy Booth , John Creaser , Nicholas von ...
... edition by Dr Claire Gruzelier . I am grateful to her for confronting all the difficulties of Milton's often tortuous Latin . For their help in preparing the rest of the edition , I am grateful to Roy Booth , John Creaser , Nicholas von ...
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... edition ) from the author . Material peculiar to the second , revised edition is enclosed in square brackets in the text ; material peculiar to the first edition ( denoted A ) , and other significant variants , can be found in the ...
... edition ) from the author . Material peculiar to the second , revised edition is enclosed in square brackets in the text ; material peculiar to the first edition ( denoted A ) , and other significant variants , can be found in the ...
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... edition conforms to the five - part structure of the classical oration laid down by Isocrates and Cicero : exordium ( pp . 3-8 ) , narration ( pp . 8-16 ) , confirmation ( pp . 16-23 ) , refutation ( pp . 23-6 ) and peroration ( pp . 26 ...
... edition conforms to the five - part structure of the classical oration laid down by Isocrates and Cicero : exordium ( pp . 3-8 ) , narration ( pp . 8-16 ) , confirmation ( pp . 16-23 ) , refutation ( pp . 23-6 ) and peroration ( pp . 26 ...
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... edition of The Tenure . Reviewing a gallery of Protestant ' Witnesses ' Luther , Zwingli , Calvin , Bucer , Paraeus , Knox , Fenner , Cartwright and Goodman - added in a lengthy coda , Milton announces that it is ' generally ' their ...
... edition of The Tenure . Reviewing a gallery of Protestant ' Witnesses ' Luther , Zwingli , Calvin , Bucer , Paraeus , Knox , Fenner , Cartwright and Goodman - added in a lengthy coda , Milton announces that it is ' generally ' their ...
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... edition of The Tenure represents a retreat from radicalism remains unclear ( an elusiveness which also characterizes the work which was to win him a European reputation , Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio ) . Even so , it raises the ques ...
... edition of The Tenure represents a retreat from radicalism remains unclear ( an elusiveness which also characterizes the work which was to win him a European reputation , Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio ) . Even so , it raises the ques ...
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