CHAPTER X.

THE UNIVERSITY UNDER CHARLES I. AND LAUD.

Parliament at Oxford—Chancellorship of Laud—Compilation of Laudian statutes—Main provisions of the Laudian statutes—Studies and examinations under the Laudian statutes—Services of Laud to the University—Last five years of Laud’s chancellorship—Eminent members of the University in the generation preceding the Civil Wars—University life in the generation preceding the Civil Wars 107