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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... turn help to make sense of the major texts . The principal aim , however , will be to produce new versions of the major texts them- selves , based on the most up - to - date scholarship . The preference will always be for complete texts ...
... turn help to make sense of the major texts . The principal aim , however , will be to produce new versions of the major texts them- selves , based on the most up - to - date scholarship . The preference will always be for complete texts ...
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... turn corresponds to the two aims which Milton sets himself on the title - page : to prove that it is lawful ' for any , who have the Power ' to depose and punish a tyrant , and secondly to show ' that they , who of late so much blame ...
... turn corresponds to the two aims which Milton sets himself on the title - page : to prove that it is lawful ' for any , who have the Power ' to depose and punish a tyrant , and secondly to show ' that they , who of late so much blame ...
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... turns to consider the remaining objections . By the logic of his own argument , he must concede that Eglon was an ' enemie ' , since ' what Tyrant is not ? ' But this was not because he had no right to govern . The Israelites had ...
... turns to consider the remaining objections . By the logic of his own argument , he must concede that Eglon was an ' enemie ' , since ' what Tyrant is not ? ' But this was not because he had no right to govern . The Israelites had ...
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... turn that the right of deposing and punishing their kings must rest with the people themselves . The second is that Milton's preferred way of expressing the re- lationship between people and ruler is to call it a ' trust ' . While he ...
... turn that the right of deposing and punishing their kings must rest with the people themselves . The second is that Milton's preferred way of expressing the re- lationship between people and ruler is to call it a ' trust ' . While he ...
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... turn , and to assume the mantle of religious orthodoxy ( as he had begun to do in the second edition of The Tenure ) by invoking the support of Luther , Zwingli , Calvin and Bucer ( pp . 76 , 125 , 177 ) . Next , the fact that Defensio ...
... turn , and to assume the mantle of religious orthodoxy ( as he had begun to do in the second edition of The Tenure ) by invoking the support of Luther , Zwingli , Calvin and Bucer ( pp . 76 , 125 , 177 ) . Next , the fact that Defensio ...
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