After 1628, dominant Puritan ministers clashed openly with the English Church and, more ominously, with King Charles I and Bishop of London – later Archbishop of Canterbury – William Laud.

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...

After 1628, dominant Puritan ministers clashed openly with the English Church and, more ominously, with King Charles I and Bishop of London — later Archbishop of Canterbury — William Laud.

After 1628, dominant Puritan ministers clashed openly with the English Church and King Charles I and Bishop of London -- later Archbishop of Canterbury -- William Laud. So hundreds and then ...