The Personal Rule: religion

Successes

• Charles made William Laud the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633
  • He was an Arminian and introduced a number of reforms which reduced opportunities for Puritan worship and restored more ritual to the Church
  • Although there was some opposition to these reforms, the absence of Parliament meant that there was limited opportunity to voice this
  • Some changes were popular, for example, the Book of Sports was reissued in 1633 - this listed all of the activities that it was permissible to carry out on a Sunday and reintroduced Sunday ales
  • Charles and Laud believed that the changes restored the beauty of Church ritual and encouraged true reverence for God

Failures

• Laud's reforms were unopopular because the move away from preaching and the…