Canterburies doome. Or the first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud late arch-bishop of Canterbury.

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[The Parliamentarian View of Laud's Trial in a Fine Binding] Folio. Bound in fine modern 3/4 leather, over marbled boards. Engraved frontispiece, 565 pp., index. Lacking errata leaf and both portraits of Laud and Prynne. Tanning to pages. Frontis, title page soiled. Occasional marginal staining and soiling. Wing P3917. The Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, 1573-1645, was beheaded by order of Parliament during the English Civil War. The author, William Prynne was an ardent Puritan who had been imprisoned for his beliefs during the reign of King Charles. He served in the Long Parliament and wrote sympathetic account of Laud's trial.

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Título

Canterburies doome. Or the first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud late arch-bishop of Canterbury.

Editor

London, Printed by J. Macock for M. Spark

Fecha de publicación

1646

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Estado

Good

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• England and Scottish History