{"id":2365,"date":"2012-05-13T19:26:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T19:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2365"},"modified":"2018-05-06T13:28:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T13:28:15","slug":"regicide-and-the-english-revolution","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/regicide-and-the-english-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Regicide And The English Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The Tyrannicide Brief &#8211; Geoffrey Robertson<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Renowned human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC examines the first trial of a head of state &#8211; Charles I, and how this groundbreaking moment in history opened the way for the trials of Augusto Pinochet, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson became a barrister in 1973 and a QC in 1988. His became well known acting for the defence in the celebrated English criminal trials of Oz, Gay News, the &#8216;ABC Trial&#8217;, The Romans in Britain (the prosecution brought by Mary Whitehouse), the Brighton bombing and Matrix Churchill. Robertson was also threatened by terrorists for representing Salman Rushdie. He has appeared in civil liberties cases before the European Court of Human Rights and in other courts across the world. He sits as an appeal judge at the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone. His latest book, The <em>Tyrannicide Brief<\/em>, details the story of John Cooke, who prosecuted King Charles I of England in the treason trial that led to his execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to this talk:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2365-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/robertson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/robertson.mp3\">https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/robertson.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul class=\"q-list\">\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/robertson.mp3\">Download this lecture (18 Mb mp3 file)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?vid=OCLC19433355&amp;id=bMEXJ-Vl9pIC&amp;pg=RA186-PA10&amp;lpg=RA195-PP1&amp;dq=James+nayler+trial&amp;as_brr=1#v=onepage&amp;q=john%20cook&amp;f=false\">Read a transcript of the trial of John Cook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Levellers Are Dead \u2013 Long Live The Levellers! &#8211; Colin Thomas<\/h2>\n<p>\u2018It must be the poor, the simple and mean things of this earth that must confound the mighty and strong.\u2019 The Levellers inspired much of the opposition to King Charles I during the Civil War but they also resisted those who tried to take over the King\u2019s dictatorial powers. Colin Thomas will talk about the way their influence lived on long after they crushed, including extracts from <em>Freeborn John<\/em>, the film he made for BBC North East on Leveller hero John Lilburne.<\/p>\n<p>Colin is an award winning producer, director and scriptwriter of TV documentaries covering the 1st World War, Spanish Civil War and the 1926 General Strike for the BBC. Recently he collected the 2006 Jury Award at the Celtic Film Festival for <em>Border Crossing<\/em> <em>&#8211; The journey of<\/em> <em>Raymond Williams<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to this talk:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2365-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/collin_thomas.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/collin_thomas.mp3\">https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/collin_thomas.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/audio\/heads2008\/collin_thomas.mp3\">Download this lecture (11 Mb mp3 filel)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?id=bMEXJ-Vl9pIC&amp;pg=PT217&amp;dq=John+Lilburne&amp;as_brr=1#PPT201,M1\">Download an account of the Trial of John Lilburne in 1653 for free from Google Books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?id=bMEXJ-Vl9pIC&amp;http:\/\/www.bilderberg.org\/land\/newchai1.htm\">Read <em>New Chains<\/em> by John Lilburne on www.bildergerg.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lilburne_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-2_or_3_across wp-image-2368\" title=\"John Lilburne, from The Compleat History of Independency by Clement Walker Published by Theodorus Verax, (London, 1649)(?)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lilburne_1-270x200.jpg\" alt=\"John Lilburne, from The Compleat History of Independency by Clement Walker Published by Theodorus Verax, (London, 1649)(?)\" width=\"270\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Lilburne, from The Compleat History of Independency by Clement Walker Published by Theodorus Verax, (London, 1649)(?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2366\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/charles_execution.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-2_or_3_across wp-image-2366\" title=\"A woodcut of the execution of Chales I \" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/charles_execution-270x200.jpg\" alt=\"A woodcut of the execution of Chales I \" width=\"270\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woodcut of the execution of Chales I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_2367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/charles1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-2_or_3_across wp-image-2367\" title=\"Charles I by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, painted in April 1634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/charles1-270x200.jpg\" alt=\"Charles I by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, painted in April 1634\" width=\"270\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles I by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, painted in April 1634<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tyrannicide Brief &#8211; Geoffrey Robertson Renowned human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC examines the first trial of a head of state &#8211; Charles I, and how this groundbreaking moment in history opened the way for the trials of Augusto Pinochet, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein. 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