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


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
5 days ago3 min read


Work in Progress 3
Summary of what the archives team has been doing over past six months.

Rebecca Somerset
Mar 316 min read


An Archivist Abroad
A visit to a collection of rare books in Rome, closely related to Jesuit libraries

Lucy Vinten
Feb 187 min read


Work in Progress 2
The second in a series in which the archives team shares what they have been doing over the last few months.

Rebecca Somerset
Oct 25, 20245 min read


Babington's Books
A deep dive into the history of two books which have stayed together through different collections since the 1550s

Lucy Vinten
Sep 25, 20246 min read


Work in Progress 1
A new series in which the archives team shares what they have been doing over the last few months.

Rebecca Somerset
Mar 26, 20245 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
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