William Laud
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Reformation, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Priests, Ministers, Clergy, Catholic Church, Catholics
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: As Archbishop of Canterbury and as a martyr for his conception of the Church of England, Laud contributed powerfully to the Anglo-Catholic tradition in English religion.
Early Life
The son of a clothier, William Laud was born in Reading, halfway between London and Oxford, and those two places, capital and university town, were to be the poles around which most of his life revolved. After an early education at Reading Grammar School, at age sixteen he went to what was then one of Oxford’s newer colleges, St. John’s. It had been...
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