John Milton

Question 1

Milton paper 3 material:

Answer 1

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649) and Eikonoklastes (1649)

Question 2

Tenure of kings and magistrates - about and critics

Answer 2

To defend government against Presbyterians who voted for and then condemned regicide. Against the notion that the Kings power: absolute.
SCOTT: a “regicide” NOT “republican” Tract. Emphasises freedom of the individual and refutes Hobbes divine right of Kings.

Question 3

Tenure of kings and magistrates - quotes

Answer 3

“The power of kings and magistrates is nothing else, but what is only derivative, transferred and committed to them in trust from the people”
“A king for crimes proportional, should forfeit all his title and inheritance to the people”
“A prince is bound to the laws” as well as to God.

Question 4

Eikonoklastes - about

Answer 4

1649; response to “Eikon Basilike” (text published under CII’s name to explain his wrongdoings.

Question 5

Eikonoklastes - quotes

Answer 5

Asks why he didn’t explain actions before his execution: people “persist to give bare words more credit than to op’n deeds” - i.e. Foolishness of the population