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


Lucy Vinten
7 hours ago7 min read
An Archivist Abroad
A visit to a collection of rare books in Rome, closely related to Jesuit libraries


Rebecca Somerset
Oct 25, 20245 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.


Lucy Vinten
Sep 25, 20246 min read
Babington's Books
A deep dive into the history of two books which have stayed together through different collections since the 1550s


Rebecca Somerset
Mar 26, 20245 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.


Lucy Vinten
May 31, 20237 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
Feb 14, 20234 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
Nov 29, 20224 min read
Fr Forrester, a suppressed Jesuit
This blog post investigates the ownership mark C Forrester SFJ discovered in three of the antiquarian books.


Work Experience Placement
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Work Experience in the Archives
Eddie Piron shares reflections on his work experience placement at the British Jesuit Archives.
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