Milton's England

This study surveys the London of the seventeenth century by tracing the places associated with John Milton's life and times, including his residences, churches, colleges, courts, and neighborhoods; it combines maps, illustrations, and descriptive chapters that follow his movements from Bread Street and Cambridge to Whitehall, Chalfont, and sites such as Westminster Abbey, the Tower, and London Bridge. It contextualizes those locales within events like the plague and the Great Fire and discusses institutions, legal precincts, and rebuilt city architecture. Structured as a topographical and historical guide, the work blends biographical detail with local history to illuminate the city's landscape as it shaped and reflected contemporary politics, religion, and culture.