William Laud [a ] (7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms; he was arrested by Parliament in…
William Laud was a significant religious and political advisor during the personal rule of King Charles I . He was considered one of the key instigators of the conflict between the monarchy and Parliament, which ultimately paved the way for…
William Laud (7. října 1573, Reading, Spojené království – 10. ledna 1645, Londýn, Spojené království) byl anglický duchovní, v letech 1633–1645 arcibiskup z Canterbury, tedy hlava anglikánské církve.
William Laud was the archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45) and religious adviser to King Charles I of Great Britain. His persecution of Puritans and other religious dissidents resulted in his trial and execution by the House of Commons.
William Laud - Archbishop, Puritanism, Execution: In the spring of 1640 Parliament met for the first time in 11 years and with it the clerical assembly, the Convocation, which laid down in a new set of canons the principles of the Laudian…
The trial of William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury, took place in stages in the first half of the 1640s, and resulted in his execution on treason charges.