Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A material history of texts in Milton's England
  • Combing the annals of barbarians: the Commonplace book and Milton's political scholarship
  • Areopagitica: books, reading, and context
  • "The digression" and Milton's return to polemics
  • History and natural law in the tenure of kings and magistrates
  • "His book alive": defending popular sovereignty after the execution
  • Conclusion: historical politics and the instability of print culture
  • Appendix A: the index politicus of Milton's Commonplace book: authors, texts, and citations
  • Appendix B: the scribal entries in Milton's Commonplace book: amanuenses, students, researchers, or visitors.