The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

Item author: John Milton
Item date: 1649
Grant Value: 4,950
Item cost: 4,950
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2005
Item institution: Milton's Cottage Trust
Town/City: Chalfont St Giles
County: Buckinghamshire

This defence of regicide was printed on or before 13th February 1649, some two weeks after the death of King Charles I. In The Tenure, Milton is developing his theory of civil liberty.