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Archbishop Laud

Hugh R. Trevor-Roper

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The most powerful man in England during the so-called "Eleven Years Tyranny" from 1629-1640, archbishop of Canterbury William Laud was thrown from power in 1640 and executed on Tower Hill during the Civil War. He remains a controversial figure in English history, either denounced as a tyrant and bigot or extolled as a statesman and martyr. An esteemed scholar uncovers the social ideal that lay behind Laud's political and religious conservatism--an ideal fatally obscured by the archbishop's human limitations. "A book that is, by any standards, brilliant."--New Statesman.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Phoenix

Release: June 30, 2001

ISBN: 1842122029

ISBN 13: 9781842122020

Archbishop Laud

Hugh R. Trevor-Roper

4/5 ( ratings)

The most powerful man in England during the so-called "Eleven Years Tyranny" from 1629-1640, archbishop of Canterbury William Laud was thrown from power in 1640 and executed on Tower Hill during the Civil War. He remains a controversial figure in English history, either denounced as a tyrant and bigot or extolled as a statesman and martyr. An esteemed scholar uncovers the social ideal that lay behind Laud's political and religious conservatism--an ideal fatally obscured by the archbishop's human limitations. "A book that is, by any standards, brilliant."--New Statesman.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Phoenix

Release: June 30, 2001

ISBN: 1842122029

ISBN 13: 9781842122020

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