Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty |
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... anointing . Milton's conceptions of the king's anointing in the mortal world and of the divine anointing of the Son are opposite in character and reveal a radical difference between earthly and heavenly kingships . Milton the political ...
... anointing . Milton's conceptions of the king's anointing in the mortal world and of the divine anointing of the Son are opposite in character and reveal a radical difference between earthly and heavenly kingships . Milton the political ...
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... anointing of his Son gains a significance beyond the individual triumphal moment . Just as Milton in his political works insisted upon an anointed people from whom sovereignty issued and on whose behalf sovereigns reigned , so in this ...
... anointing of his Son gains a significance beyond the individual triumphal moment . Just as Milton in his political works insisted upon an anointed people from whom sovereignty issued and on whose behalf sovereigns reigned , so in this ...
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... anointed " ( 605 ) , which emphasize that Christ's is a kingship devolving power endlessly from itself to its subjects . The anointing is the central factor in this self - yielding struc- ture of power . The pot of unction in the ...
... anointed " ( 605 ) , which emphasize that Christ's is a kingship devolving power endlessly from itself to its subjects . The anointing is the central factor in this self - yielding struc- ture of power . The pot of unction in the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allusion anointing army barbarian barbarous Beelzebub Book Caesar Chaos chariot Christ Christian Christopher Hill civil coronation Cromwell Death Defence divine earth earthly Eikon Basiliké Eikonoklastes emperor emphasized empire England English Revolution epic epic similes Eve's evil exaltation fall fallen angels father feudal glory God's gold Heaven heavenly Hell human king ibid imperial implied John Milton justice King Charles king's kingship liberty London Lord majesty Milton's God mind Moloch monarchy moral nature Nimrod Paradise Lost pattern Persians Pharaoh poet poet's poetic poetry political present prose Psalm Puritan Raphael reader rebel rebellion regicide reign relationship Renaissance ritual Roman royal Royalist rule Satan scourge sense simile Solomon speech spirit structure Stuart subjects sultan symbolism thee thir thou throne tion triumph triumphal Turkish Turks tyranny tyrant University Press Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos virtue vision Yale