"Eikonoklastes": a Pamphlet by Milton Attacking the Account of King Charles I in "Eikon Basilike"

Milton suffered much opprobrium for his attack on the attempt to make King Charles a martyr in Eikon Basilike. Instead Milton claimed Charles was very like King Richard III of Shakespeare.

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Eikonoklastes

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King Charles I

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1649

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