1st Edition

John Lilburne and the Levellers Reappraising the Roots of English Radicalism 400 Years On

Edited By John Rees Copyright 2018
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

John Lilburne (1615–1657), or 'Freeborn John' as he was called by the London crowd, was an important political agitator during the English Revolution. He was one of the leading figures in the Levellers, the short-lived but highly influential radical sect that called for law reform, religious tolerance, extended suffrage, the rights of freeborn Englishmen, and a new form of government that was... Read more

Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1: Introduction: John Lilburne, the Levellers, and the English Revolution (John Rees)

Chapter 2: John Lilburne and the Citizenship of ‘Free-born Englishmen’ (Rachel Foxley)

Chapter 3: Lilburne, Toleration and the Civil State (Norah Carlin)  

Chapter 4: Women and the Levellers: Elizabeth and John Lilburne and their associates (Ann Hughes)  

Chapter 5: Lilburne and the law (Geoffrey Robertson)

Chapter 6: John Lilburne as a revolutionary leader (John Rees)

Chapter 7: Print and principles: John Lilburne, civil war radicalism and the Low Countries (Jason Peacey)

Chapter 8: The resurrection of John Lilburne, Quaker (Ariel Hessayon)

Chapter 9: Reborn John? The Eighteenth Century afterlife of John Lilburne (Edward Vallance)

Index

Biography

John Rees is a visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. His doctoral research was on the Levellers and he was the organiser of the John Lilburne 400 conference in 2015. His previous publications include: The Algebra of Revolution (1998); Imperialism and Resistance (2006); Timelines: A Political History of the Modern World (2012); and The People's History of London (with Lindsey German) (2012). He is a member of the editorial board of Counterfire and a co-founder of the Stop the War Coalition.