Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty |
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... divine legal precedents for the edification of later societies ) . In that story , the natural heir Rehoboam presents himself to his people in an arrogant bid for their acknowledg- ment , is rejected by them , and is replaced by ...
... divine legal precedents for the edification of later societies ) . In that story , the natural heir Rehoboam presents himself to his people in an arrogant bid for their acknowledg- ment , is rejected by them , and is replaced by ...
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... divine right , sanctioning the earthly monarch's precedence over and immu- nity to the law ( rex over lex ) . This is a belief that Milton had spent many years resisting : " to say Kings are accountable to none but God , is the ...
... divine right , sanctioning the earthly monarch's precedence over and immu- nity to the law ( rex over lex ) . This is a belief that Milton had spent many years resisting : " to say Kings are accountable to none but God , is the ...
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... divine spirit , your divine authority ) were mostly anathema . All Milton's prose works show resistance to this blood - soaked and degraded tradition . In a crucial passage in the Second Defence , Milton wrestled with the problem of ...
... divine spirit , your divine authority ) were mostly anathema . All Milton's prose works show resistance to this blood - soaked and degraded tradition . In a crucial passage in the Second Defence , Milton wrestled with the problem of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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