Milton & Civil War Flashcards
meritocracy
government or the holding of power by people selected according to worth
what figure did Milton characterise as a tyrant
charles I
in which polemic pamphlet did Milton explore how the common man could overthrow a tyrant without resulting to violence
the tenure of kings and magistrates
what unpopular machiavellian figure did Charles I lean on heavily in his early years of reign, leading to his later isolation from parliament?
George Viliers, Duke of Buckingham
what religion was the Queen Henrietta Maria of France, leading to further unpopularity?
catholic
what is the period of Personal Rule?
a time when Charles didn’t summon parliament (which he needed to raise money), using more and more methods such as unpopular taxes and levies to raise the money for himself
what was william laud accused of by the puritans?
being blasphemous by trying to reintroduce idols and statues and turning back to catholic traditions
who is a papist?
a roman catholic
what was milton originally studying to be at uni?
vicar in the CofE
what book did Charles and Laud try to introduce for scotland
laudian prayerbook
who did charles have to execute after his military dispute and reformation of scotland failed
william laud and his chief military provider
what tyrannical action did Charles attempt
arresting the 5 (5 MPs)
what years was the civil war
1642-51
what was the war like
brutal and bloody
what did the civil war move from and to
feudal to artillery war
