The Free-man’s Freedom Vindicated

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The Free-man’s Freedom Vindicated is a 1640s Leveller pamphlet arguing for popular sovereignty, legal equality, and protection of individual liberties against arbitrary government power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Leveller pamphlet ⓘ
pamphlet ⓘ
political tract ⓘ
advocatesFor equality before the law ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
protection of individual rights ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
aimsTo justify the freedoms of free men against state encroachment ⓘ
associatedWith radical political thought in seventeenth-century England ⓘ
concerns limits of political authority ⓘ
relationship between individual and state ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizes abuses of power by government authorities ⓘ
demands accountability of rulers to the people ⓘ
fair and equal application of laws ⓘ
genre political pamphlet ⓘ
historicalContext conflict between Parliament and monarchy in England ⓘ
historicalSignificance contribution to early modern rights discourse ⓘ
example of Leveller arguments for popular sovereignty ⓘ
influencedBy common law traditions of England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic arbitrary government power ⓘ
individual liberties ⓘ
legal equality ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
movementContext English Civil War ⓘ
opposes arbitrary government ⓘ
politicalIdeology early liberalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
politicalMovement Levellers ⓘ
supports consent of the governed ⓘ
limitation of governmental power ⓘ
rights of freeborn Englishmen ⓘ
timePeriod 1640s ⓘ

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Levellers → publishedDocument → The Free-man’s Freedom Vindicated ⓘ
John Lilburne → notableWork → The Free-man's Freedom Vindicated ⓘ
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