Preface

Part 1. Defining Milton's Republicanism: 1. Milton's classical republicanism Martin Dzelzainis

2. Milton and the characteristics of a free commonwealth Thomas N. Corns

3. Great senates and godly education: politics and cultural renewal in some pre- and post-revolutionary texts of Milton Cedric C. Brown

Part II. Milton and Republican Literary Strategy: 4. Biblical reference in the political pamphlets of the Levellers and Milton, 1638-1654 Elizabeth Tuttle

5. The metaphorical contract in Milton's Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Victoria Kahn

6. Milton, Satan, Salmasius and Abdiel Roger Lejosne

7. Paradise Lost as a republican 'tractatus theologico-politicus' Armand Himy

Part III. Milton and the Republican Experience: 8. Popular republicanism in the 1650s: John Streater's 'heroick mechanicks' Nigel Smith

9. Milton and Marchamont Nedham Blair Worden

10. Milton and the protectorate in 1658 Martin Dzelzainis

11. John Milton: poet against Empire David Armitage

Part IV. Milton and the Republican Tradition: 12. The Whig Milton, 1667-1700 Nicholas von Maltzahn

13. Borrowed language: Milton, Jefferson, Mirabeau Tony Davies.