Milton

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John Milton
A poet and Humanist scholar who viewed his poetic inspiration as a divine gift.
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Opposed
To stand against or fight all forms of tyranny including political, religious, and domestic.
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Puritan
A member of a Protestant group that sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
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Corruption
The decay of morals and integrity, often associated with the Church in his elegy 'Lycidas'.
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Commonwealth
The political system established under Oliver Cromwell after the English Civil War.
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Advocate
To publicly support or recommend a particular cause or policy, as he did in his pamphlet on divorce.
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Monarchy
A form of government led by a king or queen, which was restored in England in 1660.
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Blindness
The state of being unable to see, which Milton experienced around 1652.
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Imagination
The faculty of the mind by which ideas are produced, enhanced by his blindness.
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1667
The year Paradise Lost was published, following a period of personal and political turmoil.