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Context Flashcards

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Autobiographical

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What kind of family was he born into?

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Bourgeois class, Catholic Family

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What happened when he went Italy?

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Galileo – Blind, under house arrest for his inquisition for his heliocentric views of the solar system which defied the geocentric view that the earth is the centre

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What prose pamphlet did he write n Church controversies and what was it about?

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“Apologia for smectymnus”
• Church needed purification and that reform could not come from a church so closely connected King Charles I – A tyrannical ruler
• Antiprelatical tracts that attack the episcopal form of church leadership: Catholicism’s grandeur, embellishments of ceremonial practices

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What occurred in 1642?

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Civil War = Married Mary Powell (Royalist), after a month she returned home due to political differences

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What was the Doctrine and Discipline of divorce?

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Argues for a second chance at marriage, Stance on divorce as no one can always know the disposition of their spouse before marriage

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What was Areopagitica?

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Argues against government censorship, emphasising the importance of open discourse and the pursuit of truth: “a cloistered virtue” should not be praised (If a person never has the opportunity to sin, they can never be truly virtuous”)
Response to the Licensing Act which was a censorship act

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What happened 1649?

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Charles I was executed = Shocking to contemporary society as the King was the top of the Chain of Being and the divine authority

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What was the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates?

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Chain of Being, Divine Right, Justify regicide of a tyrannical ruler “derivative, transferred and committed to them in trust from the people” “All men were naturally born free [Violation of their natural birthright]”

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Who did Milton work for?

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Cromwellian gov and became committed to republicanism

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When did Milton become blind?

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1652

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What was Da Doctrina Christiana?

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Systematic exposition of his Christian view, Believed in the Father as the mighty above and not as an equal trinity

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What happened 1660?

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Restoration of the Monarchy

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Historical/political

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What was the Civil War?

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Parliamentarians (Puritans) VS Royalists (Laudians) (Divine Right of Kings)

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What did King Charles I do?

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King Charles I = Refused to call a parliament, Revert the country to Catholicism

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What was King Charles executed for?

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Treason

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What was the Cromwellian Gov?

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Republican Gov that evolved into a militarist dictatorship

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Why was King Charles unpopular?

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Unpopular, Tyrannical ruler, Violation of the state, Creation of Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

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What was the reformation? Why did Milton dislike it?

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Controversies with the Church = Strayed away from the original message of Jesus Christ, Reformers argued that entering a relationship with God brings us eternal life and the forgiveness of sins comes from our trust in Jesus Christ

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What was the Catholic way of attaining salvation?

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Lost due to religious observance, good works and finically support that “attains salvation and repents for our sins” in monetary terms, ritual and ceremonial practices

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What is Puritanism?

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Importance of preaching and spiritual experience
Moved to Independent side rather than Prebysterians (Believed in a national church led by a council of ministers – Milton became against Bishops)

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What is Arminianism?

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Free Will > Predestination

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What is Calvinism?

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Free Will < Predestination

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How was Milton seen as an Abdiel Figure?

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Defends a radical obedience to God with Zeal

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What is the difference between the Old testament vs New testament?

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The God of the Old Testament is a god of wrath, whereas the God of the New Testament is a god of love

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