Cambridge has become a world-famous
university, with a reputation second to
none for its scientific work, its
discoveries and currently its hi-tec
inventions. If you travel back beyond
the mid 19th century, Cambridge was in
no way reputed for its science, despite
the fact that it spawned Isaac Newton,
Charles Darwin and others; they were
purely famous in their own right. For
centuries Theology, the Queen of the
Sciences, held sway. It was the major
subject studied and all Fellows were
obliged to enter holy orders until very
recent times. Little surprise,
therefore, that Cambridge became the
cradle of the English Reformation. With
influences from the nearby continent
(including Erasmus and Luther) this is
where so many of our leading Reformers
developped their ideas for which they
were prepared to die as martyrs. The
mutually inclusive, as against
exclusive relationship between Religion
and Science is a major story in
Cambridge, and it is that story which
this guide book aims to tell.