Spectres of John Ball - The Peasants' Revolt in English Political History, 1381-2020 - James Crossley
Revolution, Once Again: A Freeborn Englishman in the Late Eighteenth Century
Spectres of John Ball - The Peasants' Revolt in English Political History, 1381-2020 - James Crossley
James Crossley [+]
St Mary's University, London
James Crossley is Research Professor in Bible, Society, and Politics at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Academic Director of the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM), and Professor of Bible and Society at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. He is author of numerous books and articles on Christian Origins, reception history of the Bible, and English politics and religion, reception history of the Bible, including Cults, Martyrs and Good Samaritans: Religion in Contemporary English Political Discourse (Pluto, 2018). The website John Ball, English Legend provides images and resources discussed in Spectres of John Ball.
Description
This chapter looks at how the American and French revolutions provided a suitable context both for updating the negative press Ball had received for 400 years and for rescuing the memory of 1381, including how these debates were played out between Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine.