John Milton

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Born	December 9, 1608 • London • England
Died	November 8, 1674? • Chalfont St. Giles • England
Notable Works	“A Treatise on Christian Doctrine” • “Areopagitica” • “Artis Logicae” • “Comus” • “Defense of the English People Against Salmasius” • “Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, The” • “Eikonoklastes” • “History of Britain” • “Il Penseroso” • “L’Allegro” • “Lycidas” • “Of Education” • “Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline in England” • “On Shakespeare” • “On the Fifth of November” • “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” • “Paradise Lost” • “Paradise Regained” • “Samson Agonistes” • “The Second Defense of the English People by John Milton, Englishman, in Reply to an Infamous Book Entitled “Cry of the King’s Blood”” • “The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates”

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