John Lilburne

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John Lilburne was a prominent 17th-century English political activist and pamphleteer who became a leading voice for civil liberties, religious freedom, and popular sovereignty during the English Civil War.

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instanceOf English dissident
Leveller
human
pamphleteer
political activist
advocatedFor equality before the law
extension of the franchise
written constitution
alsoKnownAs Freeborn John NERFINISHED
associatedWith Richard Overton NERFINISHED
Thomas Prince NERFINISHED
William Walwyn NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1614
dateOfDeath 1657
familyName Lilburne NERFINISHED
givenName John NERFINISHED
influenced development of ideas of freeborn rights
later civil liberties movements in England
knownFor advocacy of civil liberties
advocacy of popular sovereignty
advocacy of religious freedom
defense of trial by jury
opposition to arbitrary imprisonment
legalCase treason trial in 1649
trial before the Star Chamber in 1638
movement Levellers NERFINISHED
notableWork Anatomy of the Lords Tyranny NERFINISHED
England's Birthright Justified NERFINISHED
Rash Oaths Unwarrantable NERFINISHED
The Free-man's Freedom Vindicated NERFINISHED
The Just Man's Justification NERFINISHED
The Legal Fundamental Liberties of the People of England NERFINISHED
occupation political writer
publisher
soldier
opposed censorship of the press
compulsory oaths in legal proceedings
participatedIn English Civil War NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Eltham NERFINISHED
positionHeld officer in the Parliamentarian army
religion Puritanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Dewell NERFINISHED
wasImprisonedBy Council of State NERFINISHED
House of Lords NERFINISHED
Star Chamber NERFINISHED

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