The History Of Britain: That Part Especially Now Called England, From The First Traditional Beginning Continued To The Norman Conquest

by John Milton

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The History Of That Part Especially Now Called England, From The First Traditional Beginning Continued To The Norman Conquest

John Milton, Edward Phillips

Printed for V.R. Wilks, 1818

Great Britain

Genres: History, Nonfiction

454 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1670

About the author

People best know John Milton, English scholar, for Paradise Lost , the epic poem of 1667 and an account of fall of humanity from grace.

Beelzebub, one fallen angel in Paradise Lost, of John Milton, lay in power next to Satan.

Belial, one fallen angel, rebelled against God in Paradise Lost of John Milton.


John Milton, polemicist, man of letters, served the civil Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote in blank verse at a time of religious flux and political upheaval.

Prose of John Milton reflects deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. He wrote in Latin, Greek, and Italian and achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644) in condemnation of censorship before publication among most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and the press of history.

William Hayley in biography of 1796 called and generally regarded John Milton, the "greatest ... author," "as one of the preeminent writers in the ... language," though since his death, critical reception oscillated often on his republicanism in the centuries. Samuel Johnson praised, "with respect to design may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the ... mind," though he, a Tory and recipient of royal patronage, described politics of Milton, an "acrimonious and surly republican."

Because of his republicanism, centuries of British partisanship subjected John Milton.

Reviews

[Yibbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first attempt at any type of full chronology of English History. It was informative, if a little hard for a newbie to follow. Not from the organization, but because… well, English history is confusing, all those Kings with the same name… It was a good introduction though. As I can’t evaluate if it is a good history, I can give you a couple of points that stood out to me.
I appreciate his giving parallel Biblical and Secular events to the earliest English events. It helped me fit those events into a timeline that I was much more familiar with.
As I’ve just completed a few very modern, proud reinterpretations of English history, this was a very traditional counterbalance to those. It was nice to read history as those closer to the events viewed them. He might not agree with everything a king did, but he wasn’t trying to rewrite centuries of understanding.
It was interesting, but it’s a very old history. It might take a bit to get into. Still, it was worth reading.

[Alyssa Bohon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pleasantly-written, wryly humorous tracing of British history by a well-beloved author. I was reminded of why so much of history was names and dates - because certain ancient periods have record of nothing but that. Yes, it is also somewhat dry, but over all I enjoyed it and it was good night time listening.