This was the authoritarian monarch detested by Puritans, Parliamentarians, and Milton in particular. Milton was threatened with death at the Restoration for justifying the execution of the king.
Charles I of England by Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641)
This was the authoritarian monarch detested by Puritans, Parliamentarians, and Milton in particular. Milton was threatened with death at the Restoration for justifying the execution of the king.