Milton

Political Writings

By: John Milton, Martin Dzelainis (Editor), Martin Dzelzainis (Editor)

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Paperback | 22 April 1991

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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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"Even minor writings from this period of radical social change repay contemporary study." Doris Grieser Marquit, Nature Society and Thought

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Acknowledgements
Note on the texts
Introduction
Principal events in Milton+s life
Bibliographical note
List of abbreviations
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
A Defence of the People of England: Biographical notes
Index of scriptural citations
Index of subjects
Index of proper names
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