Title: Eikon basilike
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 These fascinating texts are now available in an edition that also includes a rich selection of historical documents."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.
Subjects: Sources, Kings and rulers, Christian biography, Early works to 1800, Biography, History, Charles i, king of england 1600-1649, Great britain, history, civil war, 1642-1649, Great britain, kings and rulers, Biographies chrétiennes, Ouvrages avant 1800, Histoire, Biographies, Rois et souverains
Places: Great Britain, England
People: Charles I King of England (1600-1649)
Time periods: Civil War, 1642-1649