Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge: 1502 to 1649

by Patrick Collinson, Richard Rex, Graham Stanton

Overview

Three leading scholars examine one of the oldest professorships, the Lady Margaret's Chair of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. Graham Stanton, current holder, writes an introduction considering theology at Cambridge before 1502 and after 1649. In two subsequent chapters (delivered as lectures at an event in March 2002 to celebrate the five-hundredth anniversary of the Chair), Richard Rex offers an account of the establishment of the Professorship in 1502 and Patrick Collinson addresses the extent to which early incumbents were involved in the religious and political turmoil of the era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521533102
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/21/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	4.88(w) x 7.36(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Patrick Collinson is Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge.

Richard Rex is University Lecturer in Church History at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. He is also Director of Studies in History at Queens' College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Frontispiece; 1. Introduction Graham Stanton; 2. Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professorship: 1502 to 1559 Richard Rex; 3. Some Lady Margaret's Professors from 1559 to 1649 Patrick Collinson; 4. Appendix.

Editorial Reviews

"All in all this little book offers an agreeable read, and the revision of the list of the early professors is both valuable and striking." Elisabeth Leedham-Green, Cambridge University Library

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