Author: John De MorganPublisher:
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Men of the Commonwealth. No. 1. John Milton,considered as a Politician
Author: John De MorganMen of the Commonwealth. No. 1. John Milton,considered as a Politician
Author: Milton: Political Writings
Author: John MiltonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521343947
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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.
Milton: Political Writings
Author: John MiltonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521348669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
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 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.This book, first published in 1991, was the first time that fully annotated versions were published together in one volume, and incorporated a 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.
The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth. Edited with Introd., Notes, and Glossary
Author: John MiltonPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376730739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
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John Milton
Author: William WillisA Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, Both English and Latin
Author: John MiltonPublisher:
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Category : Church management
Languages : la
Pages : 470
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John Milton
Author: William WillisPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332448794
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Excerpt from John Milton: Political Thinker Statesman; An Address Delivered to an Assembly of Free Churchmen, at Cambridge, December 9th, 1908 First of all Milton does not deny that books want looking after. I deny not, says he, but that it is of greatest concemment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves, as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors; for books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man, as kill a good book who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature, god's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burthen to the earth but a good book is the precious life blood Of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Life of John Milton
Author: David MassonAreopagitica, and Other Political Writings of John Milton
Author: John MiltonPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
As poet, statesman, and pamphleteer, John Milton remains one of the singular champions of liberty in the annals of history. Even in his mediations on theology Milton strove to demonstrate that liberty -- of conscience -- is one of the inviolable rights of free peoples. He published several revolutionary manifestos, two works defending regicide, and of course the famous Areopagitica, or defense of freedom of expression and the press against censorship. John Alvis has collected into a superb one-volume edition all of Milton's political writings of enduring importance. These include the entirety of Areopagitica, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, A Defence of the People of England, The Second Defence of the People of England, The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, and Mr. John Milton's Character of the Long Parliament. John Milton (1608-1674) was the author also of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained and served as Latin secretary to Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth.