109. Friends in the Jordans Churchyard

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vi
4. Illustrations viii
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Portraits of Milton
7. 1. Milton as a Boy of Ten 1
8. 2. Milton at Twenty-One 2
9. 3. The Faithorne Portrait 3
10. 4. The Princeton Portrait 4
11. Boyhood Years in London
12. 5. The Bread Street Neighborhood 5
13. 6. Milton's Father 6
14. 7. Milton at St. Paul's School 7
15. 8. Schoolmasters at St. Paul's: The Two Gills 8
16. 9. Alexander Gill the Younger 9
17. Milton at Cambridge
18. 10. First Months at Christ's College 10
19. 11. The Plan of Christ's College 11
20. 12. At Christ's: The Circle of Milton's Day 12
21. 13. Milton in the Public Schools 13
22. 14. Milton and Diodati: Spring, 1626 14
23. 15. Milton Defends His Manhood 14
24. 16. Milton in Love 15
25. 17. Street Cries of London 15
26. 18. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity 16
27. 19. The Plague in Cambridge: 1630 16
28. 20. The Death of Hobson the Carrier 17
29. 21. Milton on Shakespeare: 1632 18
30. The Years at Horton: 1632-1638
31. 22. The Commonplace Book 19
32. 23. Arcades at Harefield 20
33. 24. The Masque of Comus: September 29, 1634 21
34. 25. Death of Milton's Mother 22
35. 26. The Sad Occasion of "Lycidas" 22
36. Milton's Continental Tour: 1638-1639
37. 27. With Grotius in Paris 23
38. 28. Milton Reaches Florence 24
39. 29. Friendships in Florence: The Academies 25
40. 30. What Did Milton See in Florence? 25
41. 31. Milton Visits Galileo 26
42. 32. Milton in Rome 27
43. 33. Milton and Roman Music: Leonora Baroni 28
44. 34. In Naples: Milton and Manso 28
45. 35. Milton and Marini 29
46. 36. Milton and the Phlegraean Fields 30
47. 37. Milton Retraces His Steps: A Second Visit to Florence 30
48. 38. To Bologna and Ferrara 31
49. 39. Milton in Venice 32
50. 40. Milton's Stay at Geneva: The Return to London 32
51. 41. Schoolmaster at St. Bride's Churchyard 34
52. Milton as Revolutionary: Prelude to Civil War
53. 42. Milton against the Prelates 35
54. 43. Milton and John Rous 36
55. 44. Puritan Leaders Granted Liberty 37
56. 45. Cromwell's Speech for Lilburne 38
57. 46. John Lilburne Whipped in Fleet Street 39
58. 47. Unanimous Proceedings against Laud 39
59. 48. The Bishops under Fire 40
60. 49. The Fall of Strafford 40
61. 50. Strafford on the Scaffold 42
62. 51. Abortive Arrest of the Five Members 42
63. 52. The Cross at Cheapside: Target of Fanaticism 44
64. 53. Flight of the Great Seal 44
65. 54. A Divided Nation: the Drift Toward War 45
66. 55. The Opposing Armies: Courage and Fanaticism 46
67. 56. The Death of Falkland 47
68. 57. Why Did Milton Not Enlist? 47
69. 58. Milton's Sudden Marriage 49
70. 59. Reconciliation with Mary Powell: Later Marriages 49
71. 60. Milton Among the Heretics 50
72. 61. Comenius in England 50
73. 62. Milton on Educational Reform 51
74. The First Civil War
75. 63. Cromwell at Marston Moor 52
76. 64. Rising Secular Tones: The Areopagitica 52
77. 65. Execution of Archbishop Laud 54
78. 66. The Battle of Naseby 54
79. 67. Sectarians in the New Model 56
80. 68. The Damnable Tenets of Tradesmen 57
81. 69. Cromwell Writes to Lenthall 58
82. 70. The Flight of the King 59
83. 71. The King's Forts and Cities Surrender 60
84. 72. Poems of Mr. John Milton . . . 1645 61
85. 73. Joyce's Arrest of the King 62
86. 74. An Agreement of the People 63
87. 75. Cromwell Suppresses a Mutiny 64
88. 76. Charles Rejects the Four Bills 65
89. The Second Civil War: Milton and King Charles
90. 77. Royalist Sentiment Still Pervasive 66
91. 78. A Momentous Prayer Meeting 67
92. 79. England for the King 68
93. 80. The Battle of Preston 69
94. 81. Pride's Purge 70
95. 82. A Constitutional Revolution 71
96. 83. The Trial of Charles I 73
97. 84. Execution of the King 74
98. 85. Milton Writes The Tenure 76
99. 86. Milton as Latin Secretary 77
100. 87. Milton's Reply to the Great Salmasius 78
101. 88. The Battle of Dunbar 78
102. 89. The Battle of Worcester 80
103. 90. Milton and Mercurius Politicus 80
104. 91. Milton's Growing Renown 82
105. 92. Milton in Total Darkness 82
106. Milton Under the Protectorate
107. 93. Dissolution of the Rump 83
108. 94. Milton's Second Defence 85
109. 95. Milton on the Vaudois Massacres 86
110. 96. The Death of Cromwell 87
111. 97. Dilemma of Richard Cromwell 88
112. 98. Bridget Cromwell 88
113. 99. For the Good Old Cause: Milton's Last Stand 90
114. Milton in the Restoration
115. 100. Milton Wanted by the King 92
116. 101. Milton Arrested and Jailed 92
117. 102. How Did Milton Escape? 92
118. 103. The "Incomparable Lady Ranelagh" 95
119. 104. Abuse of Commonwealth Heroes 95
120. 105. Hugh Peters on the Scaffold 95
121. 106. The Execution of Sir Henry Vane 96
122. 107. The Plague in London: 1665 96
123. 108. Milton at Chalfont St. Giles 98
124. 109. Friends in the Jordans Churchyard 98
125. 110. Milton Completes Paradise Lost 99
126. 111. Milton and Raphael's Adam and Eve 100
127. 112. Milton and the Tawny Lion 101
128. 113. The Creation of Eve 101
129. 114. Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise 103
130. 115. The Great Fire of London: 1666 103
131. 116. The Publication of Paradise Lost 104
132. 117. The Reception of Paradise Lost 105
133. 118. The Publication of Paradise Regained and Samson 108
134. 119. The Last Months of Milton's Life 110
135. Chronology of Main Events 112
136. Index 114