Richard Rex is a historian. He is the Professor of Reformation History at the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge.[1] He is also the Polkinghorne Fellow in Theology and Religious Studies at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he is Director of Studies in Theological and Religious Studies, Tutor for graduate students, and Deputy Senior Tutor.[2]
He edited the editio princeps of Thomas Swinnerton's Tropes and Figures from a manuscript.
Books and publications
- The Theology of John Fisher – 1991
- Henry VIII and the English Reformation – 1993
- The Lollards – 2002
- Lady Margaret Beaufort and her Professors of Divinity at Cambridge 1502 - 1649 – 2003
- A Reformation rhetoric Thomas Swynnerton's The tropes and figures of scripture – 2004
- The Tudors – 2006
- The Making of Martin Luther – 2017