Sat 17 March - LONDON - John Lilburne's 400th birthday

[Tony Gosling]

The John Lilburne 400th Anniversary Conference
Date  Saturday 14 March 2015
Time  11:00 AM
Price  £12*
Concs. £10*
http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/event/526/The-John-Lilburne-400th-Anniversary-Conference

Born 400 years ago, John Lilburne’s courage and 
passion for justice was unfailing during the 
turbulent years of the English Revolution. 
Whipped, pilloried and often imprisoned in his 
lifetime, John Lilburne was a Leveller activist 
and pamphleteer who campaigned for radical 
change. He fought to establish many of the 
liberties and political freedoms that we take for 
granted today. He was a champion of popular 
sovereignty, trial by jury and the rights of the ordinary citizen.

Don’t miss this one-day celebration of the life and legacy of ‘Freeborn John’.

Speakers include Martine Brant and Peter Flannery 
(writers of The Devil’s Whore series on Channel 
4), Ted Vallance (author of A Radical History of 
Britain), Dr Ariel Hessayon (Goldsmiths, 
University of London), Katherine Clements (author 
of The Crimson Ribbon), Jason Peacey (author of 
Print and Public Politics in the English 
Revolution), Dr Rachel Foxley (University of 
Reading and author of The Levellers: Radical 
Political Thought in the English Revolution), 
Jeremy Corbyn MP,Rev. Hammer (singer/songwriter 
and creator of the Freeborn John song cycle), 
Geoffrey Robertson QC (author of The Tyrannicide 
Brief),Michael Braddick (author of God's Fury, 
England's Fire) and Elliot Vernon (co-editor of The Agreements of the People).

In partnership with The Levellers’ Association.

Financially supported by the Ameil and Melburn 
Trust and the Goldsmiths Annual Fund.

The conference will run from 11.00am - 9.00pm.
*A postage fee of £1 applies for sending out 
tickets booked online or over the telephone.


Further information

Telephone
020 7392 9200

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