'That Godly and Royall Childe': Milton and the Edwardian Reformation

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 16; p. 71
• Main Author: Walker, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2012
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature; Milton, John (1608-1674)

[...]Bucer wrote De Regno Christi for specific polemical ends, 'with a view to instructing the young king Edward VI in the principles and procedures requisite for the ordering of the national life in accordance with true, because reformed religion'.27 Like Milton, Bucer was a noted classic...