Historical Milton: Print, Manuscript, and Political Culture in Revolutionary England

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1 A Material History of Texts in Milton’s England 15 2 Combing the Annals of Barbarians: The Commonplace Book and Milton’s Political Scholarship 38 3 Areopagitica: Books, Reading, and Context 82 4 “The Digression” and Milton’s Return to Polemics 115 5 History and Natural Law in The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates 143 6 “His Book Alive”: Defending Popular Sovereignty after the Execution 174 7 Conclusion: Historical Politics and the Instability of Print Culture 198 Appendix A: The Index Politicus of Milton’s Commonplace Book: Authors, Texts, and Citations 207 Appendix B: The Scribal Entries in Milton’s Commonplace Book: Amanuenses, Students, Researchers, or Visitors? 221 Notes 229 Bibliography 265 Index 289 ...