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Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge : 1502 to 1649
Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge 1502 to 1649 Author:Patrick Collinson, Richard Rex, Graham Stanton 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 f... more »ive-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.« less