Lucy Vinten
The evolution of exhibitions at the Jesuit Archive
The British Jesuit Archive has been putting on physical exhibitions for over ten years, and the way we do it has changed significantly in...
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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Lucy Vinten
- May 31, 2023
- 7 min
A Catholic translation of Bede’s History
This blogpost discusses Thomas Stapleton’s 1656 translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It looks at...
Lucy Vinten
- Feb 14, 2023
- 4 min
The Popish Plot and the Jesuit Archive
An overview of the Popish Plot of the 1670s, it's devastating effect on Jesuits, and how Jesuits have collected printed material about it.
Lucy Vinten
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
Fr Forrester, a suppressed Jesuit
This blog post investigates the ownership mark C Forrester SFJ discovered in three of the antiquarian books.
Lucy Vinten
- Feb 7, 2022
- 7 min
Women in the Jesuit Rare Book Collection
The Jesuit collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books is not an obvious place to look for women, but in a recent blog post I...
Lucy Vinten
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
St Francis Borgia SJ
Exploring the importance of St Francis Borgia to the Society of Jesus through our rare books collection.
Lucy Vinten
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
To make a Marmolet of Apricots: A Recipe from the Flyleaves
Many of the books in the Jesuit Antiquarian book collection contain re-used paper or other material, usually as part of the binding or as...
Mary Allen
- May 24, 2021
- 4 min
Celebrating the Ignatian Year
This year, 20 May marks the 500th anniversary of the injury that Ignatius of Loyola received at Pamplona, sparking his conversion.
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