If Charles I was king and William Laud was a supporter of him (who happened to have hated Puritanism)... Why would he be impeached and beheaded? (Like, if Charles I was king, couldn't he have protected him?...)
...and.. Charles I's father Henry VII was hostile to Separatist to leave the land... did he also have a problem with regular Puritans?
2007-10-17 16:53:27 · 2 answers · asked by Muse 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Charles I's father was James I, not Henry VII. Henry VII is from a hundred years before. James I generally upheld the Anglican church, and during the early years of his reign he was strict in enforcing conformity to the Church of England, and thus the Puritans were persecuted; the persecution of Puritans gradually decreased later in his reign.
The Puritans were opposed to both King Charles I and William Laud -- Charles I for his Catholic sympathies, and Laud because of his persecution of the Puritans. The winning side, the Puritans and Parliament, ended up executing both men. Laud was beheaded in 1645 at the end of the first part of the civil war (1642 - 1645); Charles I lost that war, yet his life was spared as the other side expected him to agree to their demands; obviously Charles I could not help a man on his side, when he himself had just lost. Then Charles I, having escaped with his life in this first conflict, tried further rebellion on his own, which brought about a second civil war (1648-1649) and defeat, and Charles I was tried and executed.
2007-10-18 02:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by Lynda O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles I didn't save Laud in an attempt to appease the Puritans and save the monarchy. If he thought about it at all. Charles I was notoriously weak and indecisive. I don't know what the second part of your question means. Charles I father was not Henry VII, who lived 150 years before him, but James I & VI
2007-10-17 21:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋