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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.


The Mannocks of Giffords Hall: A Jesuit Mission in Books and Archives.
An exploration of the Mannock family, their house, social circle and Catholicism through the lens of archive material and rare books in the British Jesuit Archive.

Lucy Vinten
Sep 1512 min read


Six Months with 18th-Century Books
Volunteers Lisi and Iris reflect on the interesting things they have found in the eighteenth century books they have been listing over the last six months.
Volunteer
Jul 283 min read


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...

Lucy Vinten
Feb 22, 20249 min read


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
May 31, 20237 min read


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
Feb 14, 20234 min read


Fr Forrester, a suppressed Jesuit
This blog post investigates the ownership mark C Forrester SFJ discovered in three of the antiquarian books.

Lucy Vinten
Nov 29, 20224 min read


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
Feb 7, 20227 min read


St Francis Borgia SJ
Exploring the importance of St Francis Borgia to the Society of Jesus through our rare books collection.

Lucy Vinten
Oct 18, 20213 min read
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