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Identifier
Jefferson Collection. KD 372 .L3 P7 1646
Creation Date
1646
Description
Prynne, William. Canterburies Doome. London: Printed by John Macock, 1646.
Charles I appointed William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633. Laud implemented Charles's religious policies and spread Laudianism – a reform movement that rejected predestination and emphasized uniformity in ritual. Laud’s beliefs made him unpopular among Puritans during the tense period before the English Civil War. In 1640, the Long Parliament accused him of treason. Imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1641, he was brought to trial in 1644. The trial – considered a travesty of justice with his innocence of the main charges against him being clear and the testimony against him subject to tampering – ended without a verdict. Parliament eventually passed a bill of attainder which resulted in Laud being beheaded in 1645.