Richard Overton

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Richard Overton was a prominent 17th-century English pamphleteer and radical political thinker associated with the Leveller movement, known for his advocacy of religious toleration, civil liberties, and popular sovereignty.

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Richard Overton canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
Leveller ⓘ
pamphleteer ⓘ
person ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
advocated civil liberties ⓘ
equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of conscience ⓘ
limitations on state power ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
associatedWith New Model Army agitators ⓘ
contemporaryOf John Lilburne ⓘ
William Walwyn ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1600 ⓘ
detainedAt Newgate Prison ⓘ
Tower of London ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Overton ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil liberties ⓘ
freedom of conscience ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
religious controversy ⓘ
floruit 1640s ⓘ
genre political pamphlet ⓘ
religious pamphlet ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
influenced later democratic thought ⓘ
traditions of civil libertarianism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Levellers ⓘ
notableWork An Arrow Against All Tyrants ⓘ
Mans Mortalitie ⓘ
The Araignement of Mr. Persecution ⓘ
occupation pamphleteer ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
religious controversialist ⓘ
opposed arbitrary imprisonment ⓘ
episcopal church authority ⓘ
monarchical absolutism ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
participantIn English Civil War era political debates ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
politicalAlignment radical ⓘ
republican ⓘ
religiousBelief Independent ⓘ
anti-clerical ⓘ
wasImprisonedBy House of Lords ⓘ

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

Levellers → notableMember → Richard Overton ⓘ
Agreement of the People → draftedBy → Richard Overton ⓘ
William Walwyn → associatedWith → Richard Overton ⓘ
John Lilburne → associatedWith → Richard Overton ⓘ
An Arrow Against All Tyrants → author → Richard Overton ⓘ