House of Tudor Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

Against CatholicismProtestantHead of C of EMary, Queen of Scots

Milton isn’t born yet.

House of StuartJames “Jimbo” I (1603-1625)

Milton is born in 1608 Milton attends St. Paul’s School in 1620

Protestant/Presbyterian Catholic Uprising in ScotlandKing James BibleRemember, Remember the Fifth of November

House of StuartCharles “Chuck” I (1625-1649)

Milton is accepted to Christ’s College in 1625-1632 “Comus” is performed in 1634Lycidas is published in 1638 Milton begins political writings in 1641 Milton publishes Tenure of Kings and Magistrates in 1649

Divine Right of KingsCatholicismCivil Wars

Chuck Loses His Head.

The Lord Protectorate Oliver “Old Ironsides” Cromwell (1649-1658)

Arminianist to ProtestantIrish CampaignScottish CampaignPosthumous Execution

Milton composes several defenses for England for the campaigns

The Lord Protectorate Richard “Lazy N’er-Do-Well Cromwell (1658-1659)

IndependentDidn’t do much

Milton publishes A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes in 1959

House of StuartCharles “Whitesnake” II (1660-1685)

Milton publishes The Ready and Easy Way in 1660, Parliament puts a warrant out for his arrest Milton hides Paradise Lost published in 1667

Restoration PeriodCatholic InterestsC of E Rise of PowerCharles II brings about

the Apocalypse

Johnny “Rebel” Milton

PuritanMonismAnti-TrinitarianismSocinianistMortalism

(He’s giving a peace sign)

Works Cited

Fallon, Steven. Milton among the Philosophers. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1991.

Hughes, Merritt Y., Ed. Complete Poems and Major Prose. Cambridge: Hackett Publishing, 2003.

Lewalski, Barbara K. The Life of John Milton. Cornwall: Blackwell Publishing, 2003.

Rogers, John. The Matter of Revolution. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1998.

Et al. i.e. Wikipedia et BBC