The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
- The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
In "The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates", John Milton defends the right of people to execute a guilty sovereign.
In the text John Milton conjectures about the formation of commonwealths. He comes up with a kind of constitutionalism but not an outright anti-monarchical argument. He gives a theory of how people come into commonwealths and come to elect kings. He explains what the role of a king should be, and conversely what a tyrant is.
External links
* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/tenure/index.shtml The complete text of The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates] presented by Dartmouth College.
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