Table of Contents

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vi*Illustrations, pg. viii*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*1. Milton as a Boy of Ten, pg. 1*2. Milton at Twenty-One, pg. 2*3. The Faithorne Portrait, pg. 3*4. The Princeton Portrait, pg. 4*5. The Bread Street Neighborhood, pg. 5*6. Milton's Father, pg. 6*7. Milton at St. Paul's School, pg. 7*8. Schoolmasters at St. Paul's: The Two Gills, pg. 8*9. Alexander Gill the Younger, pg. 9*10. First Months at Christ's College, pg. 10*11. The Plan of Christ's College, pg. 11*12. At Christ's: The Circle of Milton's Day, pg. 12*13. Milton in the Public Schools, pg. 13*14. Milton and Diodati: Spring, 1626, pg. 14*15. Milton Defends His Manhood, pg. 14*16. Milton in Love, pg. 15*17. Street Cries of London, pg. 15*18. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, pg. 16*19. The Plague in Cambridge: 1630, pg. 16*20. The Death of Hobson the Carrier, pg. 17*21. Milton on Shakespeare: 1632, pg. 18*22. The Commonplace Book, pg. 19*23. Arcades at Harefield, pg. 20*24. The Masque of Comus: September 29, 1634, pg. 21*25. Death of Milton's Mother, pg. 22*26. The Sad Occasion of "Lycidas", pg. 22*27. With Grotius in Paris, pg. 23*28. Milton Reaches Florence, pg. 24*29. Friendships in Florence: The Academies, pg. 25*30. What Did Milton See in Florence?, pg. 25*31. Milton Visits Galileo, pg. 26*32. Milton in Rome, pg. 27*33. Milton and Roman Music: Leonora Baroni, pg. 28*34. In Naples: Milton and Manso, pg. 28*35. Milton and Marini, pg. 29*36. Milton and the Phlegraean Fields, pg. 30*37. Milton Retraces His Steps: A Second Visit to Florence, pg. 30*38. To Bologna and Ferrara, pg. 31*39. Milton in Venice, pg. 32*40. Milton's Stay at Geneva: The Return to London, pg. 32*41. Schoolmaster at St. Bride's Churchyard, pg. 34*42. Milton against the Prelates, pg. 35*43. Milton and John Rous, pg. 36*44. Puritan Leaders Granted Liberty, pg. 37*45. Cromwell's Speech for Lilburne, pg. 38*46. John Lilburne Whipped in Fleet Street, pg. 39*47. Unanimous Proceedings against Laud, pg. 39*48. The Bishops under Fire, pg. 40*49. The Fall of Strafford, pg. 40*50. Strafford on the Scaffold, pg. 42*51. Abortive Arrest of the Five Members, pg. 42*52. The Cross at Cheapside: Target of Fanaticism, pg. 44*53. Flight of the Great Seal, pg. 44*54. A Divided Nation: the Drift Toward War, pg. 45*55. The Opposing Armies: Courage and Fanaticism, pg. 46*56. The Death of Falkland, pg. 47*57. Why Did Milton Not Enlist?, pg. 47*58. Milton's Sudden Marriage, pg. 49*59. Reconciliation with Mary Powell: Later Marriages, pg. 49*60. Milton Among the Heretics, pg. 50*61. Comenius in England, pg. 50*62. Milton on Educational Reform, pg. 51*63. Cromwell at Marston Moor, pg. 52*64. Rising Secular Tones: The Areopagitica, pg. 52*65. Execution of Archbishop Laud, pg. 54*66. The Battle of Naseby, pg. 54*67. Sectarians in the New Model, pg. 56*68. The Damnable Tenets of Tradesmen, pg. 57*69. Cromwell Writes to Lenthall, pg. 58*70. The Flight of the King, pg. 59*71. The King's Forts and Cities Surrender, pg. 60*72. Poems of Mr. John Milton ... 1645, pg. 61*73. Joyce's Arrest of the King, pg. 62*74. An Agreement of the People, pg. 63*75. Cromwell Suppresses a Mutiny, pg. 64*76. Charles Rejects the Four Bills, pg. 65*77. Royalist Sentiment Still Pervasive, pg. 66*78. A Momentous Prayer Meeting, pg. 67*79. England for the King, pg. 68*80. The Battle of Preston, pg. 69*81. Pride's Purge, pg. 70*82. A Constitutional Revolution, pg. 71*83. The Trial of Charles I, pg. 73*84. Execution of the King, pg. 74*85. Milton Writes The Tenure, pg. 76*86. Milton as Latin Secretary, pg. 77*87. Milton's Reply to the Great Salmasius, pg. 78*88. The Battle of Dunbar, pg. 78*89. The Battle of Worcester, pg. 80*90. Milton and Mercurius Politicus, pg. 80*91. Milton's Growing Renown, pg. 82*92. Milton in Total Darkness, pg. 82*93. Dissolution of the Rump, pg. 83*94. Milton's Second Defence, pg. 85*95. Milton on the Vaudois Massacres, pg. 86*96. The Death of Cromwell, pg. 87*97. Dilemma of Richard Cromwell, pg. 88*98. Bridget Cromwell, pg. 88*99. For the Good Old Cause: Milton's Last Stand, pg. 90*100. Milton Wanted by the King, pg. 92*101. Milton Arrested and Jailed, pg. 92*102. How Did Milton Escape?, pg. 92*103. The "Incomparable Lady Ranelagh", pg. 95*104. Abuse of Commonwealth Heroes, pg. 95*105. Hugh Peters on the Scaffold, pg. 95*106. The Execution of Sir Henry Vane, pg. 96*107. The Plague in London: 1665, pg. 96*108. Milton at Chalfont St. Giles, pg. 98*109. Friends in the Jordans Churchyard, pg. 98*110. Milton Completes Paradise Lost, pg. 99*111. Milton and Raphael's Adam and Eve, pg. 100*112. Milton and the Tawny Lion, pg. 101*113. The Creation of Eve, pg. 101*114. Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise, pg. 103*115. The Great Fire of London: 1666, pg. 103*116. The Publication of Paradise Lost, pg. 104*117. The Reception of Paradise Lost, pg. 105*118. The Publication of Paradise Regained and Samson, pg. 108*119. The Last Months of Milton's Life, pg. 110*Chronology of Main Events, pg. 112*Index, pg. 114