William Walwyn

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William Walwyn was a prominent 17th-century English political writer and radical thinker associated with the Leveller movement, advocating religious toleration, popular sovereignty, and expanded civil liberties.

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instanceOf English political writer
Leveller
pamphleteer
radical political thinker
activeIn English Civil War period
Interregnum (England) NERFINISHED
advocatedFor curbing power of the clergy
reform of the legal system
rights of common people
toleration of diverse Protestant sects
associatedWith John Lilburne NERFINISHED
Leveller leaders
Richard Overton NERFINISHED
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
ethnicGroup English
genre political pamphlet
religious pamphlet
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement English Revolution NERFINISHED
English radicalism
Levellers NERFINISHED
notableIdea accountability of magistrates
expanded civil liberties
freedom of conscience
legal reform
limitation of clerical power
opposition to persecution for heresy
popular sovereignty
religious toleration
wider political participation
notableWork A Demurre to the Bill for Preventing the Growth and Spreading of Heresie NERFINISHED
A Helpe to the Right Understanding of a Discourse concerning Independency NERFINISHED
A Whisper in the Eare of Mr. Thomas Edwards NERFINISHED
A Word in Season NERFINISHED
England’s Lamentable Slaverie NERFINISHED
Juries Justified NERFINISHED
The Bloody Project NERFINISHED
The Compassionate Samaritane NERFINISHED
The Fountain of Slander Discovered NERFINISHED
The Just Man’s Justification NERFINISHED
occupation merchant
political theorist
writer
opposedTo Presbyterian intolerance
arbitrary government
religious persecution
positionHeld Leveller leader
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

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Levellers notableMember William Walwyn