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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... hand , the narration and the confirma- tion form a positive core of arguments devoted to an exposition of the principles of popular sovereignty while , on the other , the exordium , refutation and peroration constitute a polemic ...
... hand , the narration and the confirma- tion form a positive core of arguments devoted to an exposition of the principles of popular sovereignty while , on the other , the exordium , refutation and peroration constitute a polemic ...
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... hands ' ( p . 26 ) . But the main way in which Milton drives home this message is to announce on no fewer than three occasions that he will rely as far as possible on specifically Presbyterian and Scottish sources ( pp . 8 , 10 , 23 ) ...
... hands ' ( p . 26 ) . But the main way in which Milton drives home this message is to announce on no fewer than three occasions that he will rely as far as possible on specifically Presbyterian and Scottish sources ( pp . 8 , 10 , 23 ) ...
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... hand ourselves over in slavery to Caesar ' ( p . 108 ) . Equally , he now points out , since the king does not unconditionally own any property - he ' cannot even sell off the inheritance of the crown ' - it is impossible for him to ...
... hand ourselves over in slavery to Caesar ' ( p . 108 ) . Equally , he now points out , since the king does not unconditionally own any property - he ' cannot even sell off the inheritance of the crown ' - it is impossible for him to ...
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... Hand , ed . Michael Lieb and J. T. Shawcross ( Amherst , Mass . , 1974 ) , pp . 3-54 . For Milton's handling of his sources see Merritt Y. Hughes , ' Milton's Treatment of Reformation History in The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ...
... Hand , ed . Michael Lieb and J. T. Shawcross ( Amherst , Mass . , 1974 ) , pp . 3-54 . For Milton's handling of his sources see Merritt Y. Hughes , ' Milton's Treatment of Reformation History in The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ...
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