Radical Roots

The English Revolution of the mid 17th century was a freethinking people’s uprising where the world was turned upside down.

Between 1642 – 1651, the English Civil War Period saw King Charles I fight Parliament for control of England.

The English Civil War Period (1642 – 1651) was also a battle for England’s broken soul.

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, who sought to ‘purify’ the Church of England.

Written in 1644 by John Milton (1608 – 1674) Areopagitica is impassioned defense of free speech and anti-censorship.

The 1647 Catalogue of Sects was published in England, by the authorities, during the English Civil War Period.

It would be Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) and the New Model Army that ultimately won the English Civil War.

John Lilburne (1614 – 1657) was a radical during the English Civil War Period, who coined the term Freeborn Rights.

During the chaos of the English Civil War Period a movement arose named the Levellers seeking radical political change.