Archbishop Laud was a religious reformer in England in the C17th. He was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 by King Charles II. The two of them shifted the church in a new direction, replacing the Calvinist ideals of the early C17th with ones that were more Arminian.
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william laud
Arrested them, and had their ears cut off. He branded their cheeks.
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His name was William Laud. As Archbishop of Canterbury he was considered High Church or an Anglo-Catholic. This combined with his opposition of radical Puritanism and support for Charles I sealed his fate and he was condemned as a traitor by the Long Parliament. He was executed on 10 January 1645.
Archbishop Laud tried to end Puritan ideas in the Church of England because he believed they threatened the authority and unity of the church. He sought to enforce uniformity in worship and discipline to maintain control over religious practices within the church. Laud's efforts ultimately contributed to increasing tensions that led to the English Civil War.
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He was a High Church man and an extreme monarchist - a real 'throne and altar' type of the worst sort. If people made fun of the king, Laud was quite happy to have their ears chopped off.
Archbishop added a few catholic touches to the Protestant Church. This included decorating the church- Protestants only liked plain churches . The Protestants reacted badly to this change though