Mindmap: William Laud

Mindmap: William Laud

1. Relationship with Charles I

   • Dominant influence
   • Divine Right of KIngs
   • Religious Reformation

2. Demise

   • 10th January, 1645
   • put on trial
     • Subvert laws of England
     • Endangering Protestant faith
   • beheaded
   • Tower Hill
   • Arrested

3. Religion

   • Opposition
     • Puritans
       • 1637
         • John Bastwick
         • Henry Burton
         • William Prynne
       • Criticism Pamphlets
         • Laud's beliefs
         • Church policies
     • Too Catholic
   • 'the beauty of holiness'
   • Arminian promotion
     • Puritan expense
   • Book of Orders

4. Opposition

   • Scotland
     • Presbyterian
     • English Prayer Book
   • Traditional Nobility
     • Origins
     • High Commission
     • Star Chamber
       • Enforce rules
       • Silence opposition
     • Natural Target

5. Increasing Status

   • 1615
     • Archdeacon of Huntingdon
   • 1616
     • Dean of Gloucester
   • 1621
     • Bishop of St Davis
   • 1626
     • Bishop of Bath + Wells
   • 1627
     • Privy Councillor
   • 1628
     • Bishop of London
   • 1630
     • Chancellor of Oxford University
   • 1633
     • Archbishop of Canterbury