FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JOHN MILTON
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Puritans and Oliver Cromwell
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Radical political topics
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Government
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Regicide
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Detailed explanation-1: -Returning to England in 1639 on the eve of the English Civil War, he became a staunch supporter of the Puritans against the crown and served for a time in the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. Milton’s wide-ranging prose works included pamphlets on religious themes, education, and the law of divorce.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the main reason for the English Civil War of 1642? A. The Parliamentarians demanded that some of the king’s power be transferred to them, which angered the Royalists.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Milton (1608–1674), most famous for his epic poem “Paradise Lost” in 1667, was an English poet with religious beliefs emphasizing central Puritanical views.
Detailed explanation-4: -Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of a crown appointment for the great poet, on 16 March 1649. Charles I’s head had been off his shoulders for six weeks when John Milton accepted the office of Secretary for Foreign Tongues to the Commonwealth Council of State.