Eikon basilike
Subtitle: the portraiture of His Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings : with selections from Eikonoklastes, John Milton
By: edited by Jim Daems and Holly Faith Nelson
Contributors: Nelson, Holly Faith, 1966-; Daems, Jim, 1966-; Milton, John, 1608-1674.; Gauden, John, 1605-1662
Series: Broadview editions
Publisher: Broadview Editions
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont; Orchard Park, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Charles -- I, -- King of England, -- 1600-1649; Christian biography -- England -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Sources; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Genres: Early works to 1800; Sources; Biography
Description: "Published just after the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Eikon Basilike is a defence of the king's motivations and actions prior to and during the British civil wars. Nine chapters of Eikonoklastes, John Milton's response to Eikon Basilike, are also included in this edition. Here Milton, writing from a republican perspective, attacks the substance and style of the King's Book. These fascinating texts are now available in an edition that also includes a rich selection of historical documents." "This Boadview edition's critical introduction discusses the publication history and both seventeenth-century and current debates regarding the work and its authorship, while the appendices provide a generous selection of contemporary responses to Eikon Basilike and accounts of the king's trial and scaffold speech."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: First published soon after the execution of King Charles I in 1649, this work purports to be his autobiography, although John Gauden claimed authorship later

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-334)