Dissenters, radicals, heretics and blasphemers : the flame of revolt that shines through English history / John Hostettler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hostettler, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dissenters--Great Britain--History.

Dissenters.

Government, Resistance to--Great Britain--History.

Government, Resistance to.

Human rights--England--History.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Sherfield on Loddon, Hook, Hampshire [England]] : Waterside Press ; Portland, Or. : International Specialised Book Services, North American distributor, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A stream of dissent, protest, uprising and rebellion is a central part of UK history. Taking key events from both the past and modern times John Hostettler demonstrates how when legitimate avenues of challenge to the actions of the state or other powerful groups are closed to people then they are bound to assert their rights in other ways.

Contents:

COVER

Copyright

ALSO BY JOHN HOSTETTLER

Contents

About the author

Dedication

INTRODUCTION

Heroes

Dissenters

Radicals

Heretics

Blasphemers

Rebels

EARLY CONFLICT OF RELIGION AND POLITICS

Introduction

Pelagius

English Nationalism

Independence

Charge of Heresy

Indestructible Views

JOHN WYCLIFFE

Early Protestant

John of Gaunt

Church Indulgences

Bible in English

Politics

End of Pope's Power of Inquisition

Death

RELIGIOUS MARTYRDOM

Sir John Oldcastle

Abuse of Criminal Law

Transubstantiation

Found Guilty

Death by Fire

Poor Priests

WAT TYLER AND THE PEASANTS' REVOLT

Hated Poll Tax

Black Death

Wat Tyler and the March on London

Rebel Demands

Meeting the King

Vengeance

Heroic Message

CROMWELL'S COMMONWEALTH AND PROTECTORATE

Undermining the Traditional Ethos

John Lilburne and the Levellers

The Putney Debates

Trials of "Freeborn John"

Judges are Ciphers

"Perverse Verdict"

Women Levellers

Second Prosecution of Lilburne

Prophecy

The Diggers or True Levellers

Gerard Wynstanley

St George's Hill and Cobham

Political Programme

THE ISLAND BEDLAM

The Seekers and Ranters

Scourges of the Wealthy

Abominable Practices

Muggletonians

Fifth Monarchists

Barebone's Parliament

THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

Quakers

Blasphemy

William Penn

Alleged Conspiracy

Common Law

Incredible Scenes in Court

Bushell's Case

Changing Image

JOHN COOKE

Barrister-at-Law

Solicitor-General

Prosecuting the King

"Refusal to Plead is a Confession"

Trial of John Cooke

Vitriol

JOHN MILTON

Revolutionary Ardour

Divorce Pamphlets

Secretary for Foreign Tongues

Freedom of Speech

The Restoration

Paradise Lost

Optimism

JOHN BUNYAN

From Tinker to Christian.

Soldier in the New Model Army

Imprisonment

The Pilgrim's Progress

Milton, Bunyan, Defoe

Affinity with the Ranters

DANIEL DEFOE

Political Leanings

The True-born Englishman

Defending Dissenters

Robinson Crusoe

JOHN WILKES

The Hellfire Club

The North Briton

Wilkes and Liberty!

Absurd Ruling

Massacre of St. George's Fields

Unconstitutional Ploy

Unreformed Parliament

TOM PAINE

Common Sense

The Rights of Man

Social Reform

Trial for Seditious Libel

Alleged Spy in France

The Age of Reason

Return to America

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE

The Clapham Sect

Crusade Against the Slave Trade

Morality

The End

THOMAS HARDY AND THE TREASON TRIALS OF 1794

Government Repression

Rehearsal in Scotland

Reign of Terror

Trial of the Shoemaker

William Pitt's Testimony

Victory Tokens

Hardy to Lafayette

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Early Development

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Controversy

William Godwin

THE PETERLOO MASSACRE

"Orator" Hunt

The Yeomen Charge

York Assizes

Eventual Success

REFORM OR REVOLUTION

Franchise Anomalies

The Reform Bill

Rioting

Bristol in Flames

Aftermath

Propaganda

Francis Place

Victory

CHARTISM: JOHN FROST AND ERNEST JONES

The Peoples' Charter

Women Supporters

Divisions within the Movement

John Frost

Bull Ring Violence

The Newport Rising

High Treason

Chartist Leaders Gaoled

Kennington Common

Ernest Jones, the Chartists' Advocate

"The Charter and No Surrender"

Red Republican

THOMAS WAKLEY - AN ENEMY OF INJUSTICE

An Improbable Radical

The Lancet

The Ballot

Tolpuddle Martyrs

Friend of Chartism

The People's Judge

Coroner for West Middlesex

Death by Flogging

KEIR HARDIE

Self-help

The Cloth Cap

The Independent Labour Party.

The Birth of the Labour Party

The Labour Party and the Taff Vale Case

International Impact

Folk-hero

THE PANKHURSTS AND THE SUFFRAGETTES

Votes for Women

Birth of the Suffragette Movement

The Mud March

Schism and Successes

In Court

Forced Feeding of Hunger Strikers

More Violence

"Cat and Mouse"

The Derby

Appraisal

Sylvia Pankhurst

Stream of Dissent

MARIE STOPES

Campaigner for Birth Control

The Mothers' Clinic

Eugenics

International Success

BATTLE OF CABLE STREET

British Union of Fascists

"They Shall Not Pass"

BUF Defeat

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

The Atomic Age

J. B. Priestley's Call

Aldermaston Marches

Committee of 100

Cuban Missile Crisis

Greenham Common

Current Policy

MODERN REVOLT

The Angry Brigade

Battle of The Beanfield

Poll Tax Riots

Conclusion

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Champions of the Rule of Law

BACK COVER.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9781908162144

1908162147

9781908162076

1908162074

OCLC:

844431032