Milton's Angels.

The article discusses British Protestant attitudes towards angels in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritan William Dowsing (1598-1668) defaced and destroyed religious images and icons representing angels in East Anglia, England beginning in 1643. Other subjects considered include the Reformation; angels in British literature by authors including John Donne, Thomas Heywood, and Lucy Hutchinson; mystics and astrologers who recorded their experiences with angels such as John Dee and John Pordage; and John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost."