Eikon basilike : the portraiture of His Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings : with selections from Eikonoklastes, John Milton
"Published just after the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Eikon Basilike is a defence of the king's motivations and actions prior to and during the British civil wars. Nine chapters of Eikonoklastes, John Milton's response to Eikon Basilike, are also included in this edition. Here Milton, writing from a republican perspective, attacks the substance and style of the King's Book. These fascinating texts are now available in an edition that also includes a rich selection of historical documents." "This Boadview edition's critical introduction discusses the publication history and both seventeenth-century and current debates regarding the work and its authorship, while the appendices provide a generous selection of contemporary responses to Eikon Basilike and accounts of the king's trial and scaffold speech."--BOOK JACKET
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334 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
9781551115948, 1551115948
1159814082
AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroductionA Brief Historical ChronologyA Note on the TextEikon BasilikeSelections from EikonoklastesAppendix A: Other Contemporary Responses to Eikon BasilikeFrom Eikon Alethine (1649)From The Life and Reign of King Charles (1651)From Eikon Aklastos (1651)Appendix B: The Trial and Execution of King Charles ILine Engraving, Trial of King Charles I (17th Century)From “The Manner of the Trial of Charles Stuart King of England” (1684)“King Charles His Speech Made upon the Scaffold at Whitehall-Gate” (1650)Appendix C: Restoration Revelations and RestraintsBy the King. A Proclamation (1660)The Anglesey Memorandum (1690)Works Cited and Select Bibliography
First published soon after the execution of King Charles I in 1649, this work purports to be his autobiography, although John Gauden claimed authorship later