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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John Lilburne canonical 7

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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 ⓘ
associatedWith Richard Overton ⓘ
Thomas Prince ⓘ
William Walwyn ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1614 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1657 ⓘ
familyName Lilburne ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
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 ⓘ
notableWork Anatomy of the Lords Tyranny ⓘ
England's Birthright Justified ⓘ
Rash Oaths Unwarrantable ⓘ
The Free-man's Freedom Vindicated ⓘ
The Just Man's Justification ⓘ
The Legal Fundamental Liberties of the People of England ⓘ
occupation political writer ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
opposed censorship of the press ⓘ
compulsory oaths in legal proceedings ⓘ
participatedIn English Civil War ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Eltham ⓘ
positionHeld officer in the Parliamentarian army ⓘ
religion Puritanism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Dewell ⓘ
wasImprisonedBy Council of State ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
Star Chamber ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Levellers → notableMember → John Lilburne ⓘ
Army Council → hasMember → John Lilburne ⓘ
Agreement of the People → draftedBy → John Lilburne ⓘ
William Walwyn → associatedWith → John Lilburne ⓘ
Richard Overton → contemporaryOf → John Lilburne ⓘ