Judith Maltby | |
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Born | United States | 14 October 1957
Nationality | American [1] |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
Church | Church of England |
Ordained |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | Approaches to the Study of Religious Conformity in Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart England (1992) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | |
Institutions |
Judith Diane Maltby FRHistS (born 1957) is an American-born Anglican priest and historian,who specialises in post-Reformation church history and the history of early modern Britain. She has been the chaplain and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College,Oxford,since 1993,and reader in church history at the University of Oxford since 2004.
Maltby was born on 14 October 1957 in the United States. [2] [3] [4] She studied for a double major in English and history at the University of Illinois,graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. [3] [4] She undertook postgraduate research in early modern British history at Wolfson College,Cambridge,and then at Newnham College,Cambridge, [3] completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1992. [4] Her doctoral thesis was titled Approaches to the Study of Religious Conformity in Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart England:With Special Reference to Cheshire and the Diocese of Lincoln. [5]
From 1987 to 1993,Maltby was a tutor in church history at Salisbury and Wells Theological College,an Anglican theological college in Salisbury,Wiltshire,England. [3] [4] In 1993,having been appointed its college chaplain,she was elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi College,Oxford. [3] She is also a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion,University of Oxford, [6] [7] and was made reader in church history in 2004. [8]
Maltby's main research interests are church history and the history of early modern Britain. [3] Particular interests include "16th and 17th century English religion","liturgy and the history of the Church of England",ecumenism,and "Anglican responses to persecution during the 1640–50s". [6]
In 1999,Maltby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). [4] [9]
From 1989 to 1992,Maltby trained for Holy Orders on the Southern Theological Education and Training Scheme. [4] She was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1992. [4] From 1992 to 1993,she was an honorary parish deacon at the Parish of Wilton with Netherhampton &Fugglestone in the Diocese of Salisbury. [4] She was ordained as a priest on 17 April 1994 by Richard Harries,Bishop of Oxford, [4] [10] [11] and was thus among the first women ordained to the priesthood in the Church of England. [3] [12]
From 1993 until she retired in 2023,Maltby was the chaplain of Corpus Christi College,Oxford. [3] [13] She was also been honorary canon theologian of Leicester Cathedral from 2004 to 2023, [13] [14] and canon theologian of Winchester Cathedral from 2011 to 2018. [15] [13] In 2006,she was made an honorary canon of Christ Church Cathedral,Oxford. [3] [4] [16]
Maltby opposed the creation of provincial episcopal visitors for opponents of the ordination of women. [17]