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William Laud (Reading, 7 ottobre 1573 – Torre di Londra, 10 gennaio 1645) è stato un arcivescovo anglicano inglese. Fu Arcivescovo di Canterbury ed un fervente sostenitore del re d'Inghilterra Carlo I; credeva fortemente nel diritto divino reale. Durante la rivoluzione inglese seguì la sorte del suo sovrano e venne decapitato.
William Laud (LAWD; 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 1640 and executed towards the end of the First English Civil War in January 1645.
Jan. 10, 1645, London (aged 71) William Laud (born Oct. 7, 1573, Reading, Berkshire, Eng.—died Jan. 10, 1645, London) 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.
Vita e attività. Sacerdote (1601), preside del St. John's College di Oxford (1611), nel 1626 divenne vescovo di Bath e di Wells, e nel 1628 vescovo di Londra; personaggio tra i più eminenti nei circoli di corte, dopo l'assunzione al trono di Carlo I fu fatto consigliere privato (1627).
LAUD, William. Enciclopedia Italiana (1933) LAUD, William . Florence M. G. Higham Arcivescovo di Canterbury, nato a Reading il 7 ottobre 1573, morto il 10 gennaio 1645.
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 the English Civil War…
William Laud, (born Oct. 7, 1573, Reading, Berkshire, Eng.—died Jan. 10, 1645, London), Archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45) and religious adviser to Charles I. He became a privy councillor in 1627 and bishop of London in 1628, devoting himself to combating Puritanism and enforcing strict Anglican ritual.
